Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
Definition
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that President Truman lacked either constitutional or statutory authority to seize the nation's strike-bound steel mills (the Court noted, however, that Congress would have had constitutional authority to do so). The President had ordered the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of and operate the mills in order to maintain steel production during the Korean War.
Illustrative caselaw
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952).
See also
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that President Harry S. Truman's seizure of strike-bound steel plants in order to provide materials for the Korean War could not be based on inherent presidential powers, but had to be authorized by statute. Truman immediately halted the takeover.
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:27 pm
