Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · ¶144

The President of the United States directed the Secretary of Commerce to take temporary possession of the Nation’s steel mills during the existing emergency because “a work stoppage would immediately jeopardize and imperil our national defense and the defense of those joined with us in resisting aggression, and would add to the continuing danger of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen engaged in combat in the field.” The District Court ordered the mills returned to their private owners on the ground that the President’s action was beyond his powers under the Constitution.

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U. S. Reports, volume 343, at 579 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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