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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Setting the stage for a constitutional showdown, the Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule that presidents have broad authority to make certain appointments without Senate approval. If the nine justices agree to hear the dispute over appointments President Barack Obama made to the National Labor [...]
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Obama asks Supreme Court to review appointments ruling
Posted by admin on April 25th, 2013
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No Comments »National Labor Relations Board will appeal to Supreme Court on recess appointments
Posted by admin on March 14th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: appeal', Appointments, Board, Court, labor, National, Recess, Relations, Supreme No Comments »Republican senators want to stop work at two agencies over recess appointments
Posted by admin on January 31st, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: agencies, Appointments, Over, Recess, Republican, Senators, Stop, Want, work No Comments »Obama lawyers to argue recess appointments again in March
Posted by admin on January 29th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While President Barack Obama considers his next move in one high-stakes legal fight to fill vacant jobs, his lawyers expect to go to court at least twice more to argue for his power to appoint when the U.S. Senate is not meeting. Federal appeals courts in both Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia, are [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: again, Appointments, argue, Lawyers, march, Obama, Recess No Comments »Court ruling on Obama’s appointments a victory: Corker
Posted by admin on January 27th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. senator on Sunday said a federal appeals court ruling against President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board could invalidate rulings made by the agency. A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Obama violated the U.S. Constitution when he used recess appointments in January 2012 [...]
Court says Obama appointments violate constitution
Posted by admin on January 25th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a far-reaching decision that could severely limit a chief executive's powers to make recess appointments. Tweet This Post
Appeals court: Obama’s recess appointments to labor board are unconstitutional
Posted by admin on January 25th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Appeals, Appointments, Board, Court, labor, Obama's, Recess, Unconstitutional No Comments »Court: Obama appointments are unconstitutional
Posted by admin on January 25th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Prospect of Republicans being Republicans on Obama appointments adds urgency to filibuster reform
Posted by admin on January 11th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: adds, Appointments, being, Filibuster, Obama, Prospect, reform, Republicans, urgency No Comments »Prospect of Republicans being Republicans on Obama appointments adds urgency to filibuster reform
Posted by admin on January 11th, 2013
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