Tag: Seizure
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Seizure Doctrine
The Doctrine ConsideredThe pivotal proposition of the opinion of the Court is that, inasmuch as Congress could have directed the seizure of the steel mills, the President had no power to do so without prior congressional authorization. To this reasoning, not only the dissenters but Justice Clark, in…
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Seizure Power
Power Denied by CongressJustice Black's opinion of the Court in Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer notes that Congress had refused to give the President seizure authority and had authorized other actions, which had not been taken.1 This stat…
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Steel Seizure Case
Presidential Action In the Domain of Congress: the Steel Seizure CaseTo avert a nationwide strike of steel workers that he believed would jeopardize the national defense, President Truman, on April 8, 1952, issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce to seize and operate most of th…