Obama's NLRB Recess Appointments Deemed Unconstitutional: >100 Decisions Impacted

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Reed Smith

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A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decided that President Obama’s January 4, 2012, recess appointments of three NLRB members violated the Constitution.
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In a ruling issued today, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decided that President Obama's January 4, 2012, recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) members violated the Constitution.  The ruling is of great significance:  it invalidates every single decision—of which there are more than a hundred—that the Board handed down from January 2012 through summer 2013 (the period the Board included the three Presidential appointees, before he appointed replacement members that the Senate properly confirmed).

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Obama's NLRB Recess Appointments Deemed Unconstitutional: >100 Decisions Impacted

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