TRUMAN AND THE STEEL SEIZURE CASE: The Limits of Presidential Power

Government seizure of the nation's strikebound steel mills on April 8, 1952 stands as one of President Truman's most controversial actions, representing an unprecedented use of presidential power. On June 2, 1952 the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated his order with its monumental decision in Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer.