Day: January 25, 2013

NLRB to be not there any more?

From: Phillip Wilson*
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:33 AM
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Court Rules – NLRB Appointments Unconstitutional

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC circuit ruled President Obama’s recess appointments unconstitutional.

The case will now go to the Supreme Court. From the AP story:

  • “The Obama administration is expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but if it stands, it means hundreds of decisions issued by the board over more than a year are invalid. It also would leave the five-member labor board with just one validly appointed member, effectively shutting it down. The board is allowed to issue decisions only when it has at least three sitting members.”

This dame, I mean woman, can be quite peremptory, right?

Hillary to the senators:

Clinton was a model of prevarication, particularly in a heated exchange with Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Pressed by Johnson on why the Obama Administration had initially led the public to believe that the September terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was the result of a spontaneous uprising, a sputtering Clinton barked, “What difference at this point does it make?” (if you think this looks bad in print, check out the video)

She got quite testy on the point, in a let’s-move-on gambit.

The whole point being that her dept. is on the dock.