Question

What happened when president harry truman seized control of industry during the korean war?

a. his action was upheld by the supreme court justices as a constitutional exercise of war powers.
b. the supreme court justices declared that his actions were without basis in law or the constitution.
c. congress passed a bill shortly afterward that retroactively approved the steel mill seizures.
d. congress immediately passed a bill that legally prohibited the president from seizing the mills, and president truman quickly rescinded his executive order?

Answer 1

The correct answer is b. the supreme court justices declared that his actions were without basis in law or the constitution.

In its decision in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. et al. v. Sawyer. the Court ruled that the president’s actions were unconstitutional,