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Quotation from Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer by Supreme Court of the United States
“When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb, for then he can rely only upon his own constitutional powers minus any constitutional powers of Congress over the matter.”
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, Concurrence of Justice Jackson, category 3 (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The category into which Jackson places the steel seizure.
Citation: "When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb, for then he can rely only upon his own constitutional powers minus any constitutional powers of Congress over the matter." — Supreme Court of the United States, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, Concurrence of Justice Jackson, category 3 (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id youngstown-sheet-and-tube-v-sawyer-q4)
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