Senate GOP will join legal challenge against Obama's recess appointments

[kpete]

Source: The Hill

Senate GOP will join legal challenge against Obama's recess appointments
By Alexander Bolton - 04/17/12 03:14 PM ET

Senate Republicans will join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Obama's recess appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Miguel Estrada, a one-time GOP nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, will write an amicus brief on behalf of the Senate Republicans.


The case is Noel Canning v. NLRB in Washington state. The labor agency ordered the canning company to engage in collective bargaining, according to a senior Senate aide.

The plaintiffs contend the order is not lawful because the members of the board were recess-appointed, even though the Senate had scheduled frequent pro-forma sessions to block such presidential action.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1007-other/222043-senate-republicans-will-join-legal-challenge-against-obamas-recess-appointments

[sakabatou]

1. IOKIYAR

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. GOP: Selfish, whiney-a$$ little brats

[primavera]

4. And of course they have no recollection...

... of the extent to which they used recess appointments under the shrub. The magnitude of their hypocrisy never fails to amaze me.

[msongs]

5. obama's reward for catering to republicans the first 3 years lol nt

[Massacure]

6. I have a feeling the court will rule that the definition session includes "quorum" n/t

[anti-alec]

7. Estrada - here's what I think of your brief however you write it

*WIPES ARSE WITH IT*

*THROWS BACK TO THE GOP*

You whine too much - want some cheese with it?

[Historic NY]

8. Miguel Estrada, a one-time GOP nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals...

he didn't cut the mustard, experience wise.

[CBHagman]

9. Ah, the party of grudges and spite rides again.

But I hope the American people will have longer memories...and remember, above all else, Republican incompetence.