Obama appealing to Supreme Court over recess appointments

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Obama appealing to Supreme Court over recess appointments
By Kevin Bogardus - 03/12/13 05:09 PM ET


The Obama administration is calling on the Supreme Court to review the ruling that knocked down the president’s controversial recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

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Critics of President Obama’s decision to recess-appoint the members in January 2012 argue that the Senate was in session at the time. The White House has disagreed, saying the upper chamber was holding pro forma sessions just to prevent the president from acting, and was actually in recess.

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The case will be a test of Obama’s use of executive power and could have implications at the NLRB and other agencies. Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was included in the same block of recess appointments with the labor board members.

Republicans and business groups have battled against the NLRB under the Obama administration, arguing its policies and decisions favor unions. Several groups have begun to say that decisions made by Block and Griffin at the labor board are not valid, citing the appeals court ruling that their recess appointments were unconstitutional.

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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/287717-obama-calls-for-supreme-court-review-in-recess-appointment-case

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