In 1910, it was Frederick Cleveland, an academic, who was President William H. Taft’s designated head of his effort to streamline government. Advertisement Both presidents, Taft and Trump ...

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), the Taft-Hartley Act authorizes the president to intervene in a labor dispute after making a determination that there is a ...

At issue is Section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, better known as the Taft-Hartley Act. The law authorizes a president to seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period ...