Obama NLRB recess appointments unconstitutional

[Teufelhund]

A federal appeals court panel unanimously agreed that President Obama violated the Constitution last year by appointing three members to the National Labor Relations Board while the Senate was not technically in recess, circumventing Senate Republicans who had held up his picks for months.

The D.C. circuit court’s ruling could also raise questions about Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is being challenged in a separate case.

If the ruling stands, it would invalidate all the decisions made by the NLRB since the appointees joined the board.

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