American Beef v. Krasnyy

'American Beef Co. et. al. v. Krasnyy' was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court ruled that an official of the Executive Branch can not constitutionally exercise the duties of Congress without formal authorization to do so.

In June 2004, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 6-0 decision holding that the YADmg Constitution does not confer a right to an executive official to exercise Congressional duties without formal authorization from Congress to do so. The court held that an executive branch official, no matter who they are, has no Constitutional authorization to perform or exercise Congressional duties without authorization to do so, effectively overturning the Lower Court decision which upheld Krasnyy in the ruling.

Decision
In June 2004, after the Supreme Court Justices all deliberated, every Justice able to vote has casted their decision. In a unanimous 6-0 decision, not including the Chief Justice's decision, the court reversed the Lower Court's ruling, stating that an executive official has no Constitutional right to exercise Congressional authority without the authorization to do so.

The Justice's were voting on either upholding the Lower Court decision, to which none of them favored, or reversing the decision and providing instructions to the Lower Court on how to handle the case. The decision, effectively overriding the Lower Court decision, will allow the Court to provide instructions to the Lower Court to prevent future "misrulings".

The decision effectively struck down the WSM order, a cabinet order which gave birth to the case.

Hearing the case
A short oral argument involving William Long, the plaintiff for American Beef, versus Secretary of Education Nikolai Krasnyy, who was being defended by Acting Attorney General Byron White. Long stated that "no act of Congress has authorized the executive branch to promulgate the WSM order." Justice J.P. Stevens responded with "Then would not the Pure Food and Drug Act allow said department to mandate these requirements?" to which Long responded "We don't believe the Pure Food and Drug Act would authorize this because the PFDA did not leave the discretionary authority to the executive for this." After the response, Justice Stevens yielded to Justice Qauyle, who asked "Would you like to see the court just strike down the order or For the court to create a basis for how regulations are considered lawful?". Long simplified his response, stating "A new basis would be unnecessary because this order is unlawful under any basis."