Today in Supreme Court History: April 8, 1952

4/8/1952: President Truman signs executive order 10340. The Supreme Court declared this executive order unconstitutional in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer (1952).

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[DaivdBehar]

Decision seems correct. Truman, as Trump did, had bad, weak lawyers. They failed to have Truman invoke a labor law prohibiting strikes. Was the Law of Public Necessity invoked by Government counsel? Why not? It trumps all constitutions and ratified international treaties.

The assets of the tech billionaires should be seized in civil forfeiture. Forget emergency powers. Forget anti-trust, an unconstitutional, lawyer employment, fake rent seeking move. Necessity is not necessary. The justification is obvious and massive. Billions of federal crimes have been committed on their platforms. They committed millions of them by defrauding advertisers with inflated viewerships. Half their viewers are not human buyers. They defrauded the users by not paying for their personal information.

[Dilan Esper]

Here's a thread by pro-labor Professor Erik Loomis on the seizure:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ErikLoomis/status/1380172803530440705