This was a major component of woodrow wilson's 'fourteen points,' especially since unrestricted submarine warfare was a major component of world war i.

Freedom of the seas                    yea

Opposition to the nra came to a head in 1935, when the conservative supreme court declared the agency unconstitutional, claiming the nra gave the executive branch regulatory powers that belonged exclusively to congress. this decision began a series of court decisions that overturned key elements of the new deal.