A ruling in January by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case of a recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board by President Obama has been mirrored by yet another appeals court.

Quote:...the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled 2-1 that the President cannot unilaterally declare the Senate in recess in order to appoint his chosen appointees.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/20/nlrb-...um=twitter

Quote:...last week’s decision made more clear that Obama’s NLRB ‘recess’ appointments all the way back to 2010 were also made unconstitutionally.

What makes this case of great import is that it directly affects the decisions and rulings that the union-friendly labor board has made since 2010 when Obama ‘recess’ appointed one of his most controversial ‘recess’ appointments, that of SEIU and AFL-CIO attorney Craig Becker.

“The Third Circuit has issued an extremely well reasoned opinion finding that Mr. Becker was not properly appointed,” stated Michael J. Lotito of the law firm Littler Mendelson. “By implication, the current members are also serving unconstitutional terms.”

This is big.

of course. it's galactically stupid to argue that the congress isn't entitled to decide when congress is in session or not.

Seems that, for the time being, at least, this effectively shuts down the NLRB.

The funny thing is that Obama was complaining about Republicans taking recess, saying that he can't say when they meet.... the day after the court ruled his appointments unconstitutional.

LOL, talking about "falling on deaf ears"

Wow. What a co-incidence. Politico runs a propaganda piece today for the unions, an opinion piece by a former NLRB member. She totally left out that yet another court has ruled against the administration's efforts to stack the board for labor.

Opinion: Clearing NLRB nominees is a clear step forward

"Nothing to see here. Move along. All is well. ALL IS WELL!!"