Supreme Court To Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Power Grab

Sarah Jean Seman | Jan 13, 2014

    

 

 

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday regarding the constitutionality of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
Obama selected Richard Griffin Jr., Sharon Block and Terence F. Flynn to the NLRB without congressional approval January 4, 2012. The appointments provided the NLRB with the quorum needed to vote.
Article II Section II of the Constitution stipulates:

“The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.”    

However, at issues is whether or not the Senate actually was in recess. SCOTUS recounts:
Senator  Mike Lee (R-Utah) said outside the Court he expects the previous ruling against the appointments to stand: READ MORE