Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · ¶237

In 1941, President Roosevelt acted to protect Iceland from attack by Axis powers, when British forces were withdrawn, by sending our forces to occupy Iceland. Congress was informed of this action on the same day that our forces reached Iceland. The occupation of Iceland was but one of “at least 125 incidents” in our history in which Presidents,, “without congressional authorization, and in the absence of a declaration of war, [have] ordered the Armed Forces to take action or maintain positions abroad.”

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