-PolitiFact, December 20, 2011 by Louis Jacobson
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“There are certainly cases in which the Supreme Court has held the executive branch unconstitutional.” Probably the biggest, he said, was Youngstown Co. vs. Sawyer (1952), in which the court overruled an executive order by President Harry Truman to nationalize steel mills to avert a nationwide strike.
-San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2011 by Bob Egelko
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Choper said allowing a president to override the courts would be particularly dangerous in cases involving the Bill of Rights, where the judiciary is often the last line of defense for an individual facing the power of government.