The Actual Art of Governing
Justice Robert H. Jackson's Concurring Opinion in the Steel Seizure Case
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 30 October 2025
- ISBN 9780197768532
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 234x156x14 mm
- Weight 485 g
- Language English 633
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Short description:
The Actual Art of Governing takes an in-depth look at one of the most important opinions in constitutional law. US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's 1952 concurrence in the Steel Seizure Case is now the go-to source for judges and scholars who must resolve complex questions about the separation of powers, public emergencies, the modern presidency, and the role of courts in maintaining the rule of law. Through new archival research, eminent legal historian Gerard N. Magliocca details how Justice Jackson's opinion was written, how it became famous, and what it means in the twenty-first century.
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Since the adoption of the US constitution, there has been ongoing calibration of the power balance between the three branches of government, often in the face of rapidly changing social and political contexts. In 1952, US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson took up this debate in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer, a watershed case that barred President Harry S. Truman from seizing privately operated steel mills during the Korean War. Concurring with the majority decision, Jackson penned an opinion that would become the authoritative source on the constitutional boundary between congressional and executive authority.
In The Actual Art of Governing, eminent legal historian Gerard N. Magliocca takes a close look at this landmark opinion, providing a deep reading of the decision and the context surrounding it, and explaining its lasting influence. Magliocca skillfully shows how Justice Jackson's opinion broke free of the rules for judicial writing, taking a pragmatic approach to constitutional interpretation that drew on personal experience and historical examples, rather than sticking strictly to the text, judicial doctrine, and original public meaning. The framework that Jackson proposed took on crucial significance during the fallout of Richard Nixon's Watergate abuses and has continued to be relied upon in controversies involving the reach of the US President's power, including actions taken by Donald Trump. Magliocca concludes by arguing that a proper reading of Jackson's Youngstown concurrence would lead to significant curbs on emergency powers, the discretion of the federal courts, and presidential authority.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Elements
The Justice
The Case
The Opinion
Drafting Choices
Part 2: Themes
Personal Reflections
Relativity
Widest Latitude
Imponderables
Lowest Ebb
Commander in Chief
Emergency!
The Modern Presidency
Part 3: Results
The Scandal
The Law Clerks
Epilogue: A Lonely Landmark
