Tag: Recess Appointments

White House ‘confident’ Supreme Court will uphold Obama’s recess appointment power

Brian Hughes · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, predicted the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama in a lawsuit over his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)ÃÂ

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Mike Lee predicts defeat for Obama at Supreme Court in recess appointments case

Joel Gehrke · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this AP file photo, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. speaks in front of the Supreme Court. Verrilli, arguing National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning on behalf of the Obama administration, warned that ruling against the NLRB would cast a legal cloud over hundreds of rulings by the board, which resolves complaints of unfair labor practices and conducts elections for labor union representation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court questions legality of Obama recess appointments

Sean Lengell · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court to hear case on Obama’s disputed NLRB appointments

Sean Lengell · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Former NLRB chair: Appointments have been a battleground for decades

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Former NLRB chair: Appointments have been a battleground for decades

Sean Higgins · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Second appeals court rules Obama’s recess appointees invalid

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Second appeals court rules Obama’s recess appointees invalid

Sean Higgins · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

The left used to hate recess appointments … when Bush made them

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The left used to hate recess appointments … when Bush made them

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2013 5:00 am

Teamster local challenges Obama on NLRB recess appointments

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Teamster local challenges Obama on NLRB recess appointments

Sean Higgins · December 30, 2012 5:00 am