a strike in 1952. The Supreme Court overturned the action (in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer) on the grounds that Truman acted without required congressional sanction. Later, President Nixon declared national emergencies to thwart a postal strike in 1970 and to impose import quotas during a 197 1 "international monetary crisis."
Roused administration mismanagement of the Vietnam War and by Watergate, Congress sought to regain some of its lost authority in 1973. A Senate subcommittee...