In a case freighted with major constitutional implications, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from last year, ruling he abused his powers and acted when the Senate was not actually in a recess.
The three-judge panel’s ruling is a major blow to Mr. Obama. The judges ruled that the appointments he made to the National Labor Relations Board are illegal, and hence the five-person board did not have a quorum to operate.
If my reading of this is correct, then all the decisions the board has made since that time will be null and void.
Also now in question is Obama's appointment of former Ohio Attorney General, Richard Cordray, to head the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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