A Presidents Power Contested
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Depicts President Truman taking over the steel industry in order to avert a steel strike during the Korean War, in which the federal district court ruled the seizure unconstitutional. This decision was later sustained by the Supreme Court, thus effectually curbing the power of the president. Shows granting of specific power to the President by citing the Taft-Hartley Act which would have been applicable in the case of the steel strike. (Problems And Promise Of American Democracy Series)
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