The Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership presents “Steeling and Dealing: President Truman's Seizure of the Steel Mills,” a production written by Stover Scholars Andrew J. Stanko, Tyler McCoy and Olivia Schultz-Falandes which dramatizes the landmark 1952 Supreme Court case, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer.
“Steeling and Dealing” portrays President Harry Truman’s decision to seize the nation's steel mills during the Korean conflict, and the political and legal drama which ensued, leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that Truman overstepped constitutional limits on executive power. The play shows how the Justices reacted to Truman’s actions and demonstrates how the case has shaped legal discourse relating to executive authority in times of both war and peace ever since.
The production is directed by Edward L. Powers, professor of theater at Waynesburg University and sponsored by the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership.
