Obama’s ‘recess appointments’ unconstitutional, says court

Neil Munro White House Correspondent
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A federal appeals court has unanimously slapped down President Barack Obama’s unprecedented claim that he can decide when the Senate is in session.

“Considering the text, history and structure of the Constitution, these appointments were invalid from their inception,” said the three-judge decision, written by U.S. Circuit Judge David Sentelle.

The decision bolsters a series of GOP complaints that Obama is refusing to enforce laws that he does not like. For example, he has declined to enforce numerous immigration laws and a pro-marriage law.






For example, the bureau has issued a rule which disadvantages banks that charge higher interest rates to unreliable borrowers. Without that basic ability to raise or lower interest rates, banks will try to protect their shareholders by minimizing lending to risky borrowers, or by raising interest rate on all borrowers, including diligent and reliable borrowers.


The court decision is Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board. It can be found at the U.S. Court of Appeal Court’s website.

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