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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
Supreme Court of the United States (1952) | 96 L. Ed. 2d 1153; 72 S. Ct. 863; 343 U.S. 579; 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2625; 62 Ohio Law. Abs. 417; 96 L. Ed. 1153; 26 A.L.R. 2d 1378; 47 Ohio Op. 430; 30 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2172; 1952 Trade Cas. (CCH) 67,293
TL;DR: President Truman seized steel mills to avert a strike during the Korean War. The Supreme Court ruled the seizure unconstitutional, finding the President lacked authority from Congress or the Constitution and had usurped Congress's lawmaking power, violating the separation of powers.
Legal Significance: Establishes the foundational framework for analyzing the limits of presidential power, holding that the President's authority is not absolute, even in a national emergency, and is constrained by the separation of powers, particularly when acting contrary to the will of Congress.