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Obama to appeal recess appointment ruling to Supreme Court
The Washington Times ^ | March 12, 2013 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 03/12/2013 3:08:26 PM PDT by jazusamo

President Obama will elevate the controversy over his recess appointment powers to the highest level, with the National Labor Relations Board announcing Tuesday it will appeal to the Supreme Court a lower-court ruling that held his appointments to the board were illegal.

That move will put the thorny case straight before the justices, who will have to decide whether Mr. Obama overstepped his constitutional powers when he did an end-run around Congress last year and named three board members — using his recess-appointment powers at a time when the Senate considered itself still in session.

In January a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that not only were those appointments invalid, but that presidents for years have stretched their recess appointment powers beyond what is allowed under the Constitution.

The NLRB could have appealed that ruling to the full D.C. circuit, but it said Tuesday it will instead go to the high court for a final ruling.

“The Board, in consultation with the Department of Justice, intends to file a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court for review of that decision,” NLRB said.

It must file its appeal by April 25.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appealtoscotus; bhoscotus; dccourtofappeals; lawsuit; nlrb; obama; recessappointments; scotus
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1 posted on 03/12/2013 3:08:26 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Think how badly we need six Clarence Thomases.


2 posted on 03/12/2013 3:10:24 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

assuming the court takes the case, which I doubt they will.


3 posted on 03/12/2013 3:11:53 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator, Rand Paul for President in 2016)
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To: 1010RD

Yep, hopefully Kennedy will go with conservatives on this and straighten out this recess appointment fiasco.


4 posted on 03/12/2013 3:14:17 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: jazusamo

Obama will appeal everything to the SC, hoping one of the five conservative justices dies in the meantime. After that, he’s home-free even without control of the House of Representatives. He wouldn’t even need the 2014 elections, because some judicial way would be found to rubber-stamp anything he did through the Executive Branch.

We’re hanging by a thin thread here.


5 posted on 03/12/2013 3:14:43 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: jazusamo
“It Is Not Our Job to Protect the People From the Consequences of Their Political Choices” – Chief Justice John Roberts
6 posted on 03/12/2013 3:15:28 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: jazusamo

The assclown will lose.


7 posted on 03/12/2013 3:21:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: jazusamo

He’s running out the clock.


8 posted on 03/12/2013 3:22:07 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe this round but the spoiled little POS assclown won’t give up until he gets his way. He needs to be impeached and thrown in prison along with his entire socialist administration.

His actions against our veterans is nothing but despicable.


9 posted on 03/12/2013 3:28:42 PM PDT by rhubarbk (Proud Member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 1968-1969)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If a conservative justice dies he’ll wait until the senate is in recess then appoint his SC justice.


10 posted on 03/12/2013 3:30:50 PM PDT by Terry Mross (How long before America is gone?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The same was said about zerocare...


11 posted on 03/12/2013 3:36:03 PM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: jazusamo
So, skipping the en banc? I expected that. "In your face, chump!"
12 posted on 03/12/2013 3:36:36 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Perdogg; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; GreatOne; David; Red Steel; AJFavish; jazusamo; 1010RD; ...
...assuming the court takes the case, which I doubt they will.

I believe they only need four SCOTUS justices to agree to a writ of certiorari (i.e., to take the case) and there's a darn good chance the four left-leaning 'Rat appointees will sign off on that.

If the SCOTUS does take the case, anything is possible, as shown by Roberts' crass switch on Obamacare.

Hope they don't reverse, of course, and finally place some limit on Zero's power.

13 posted on 03/12/2013 3:39:20 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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They should tell the stinking turd that he violated his oath and that he no longer in office,.
14 posted on 03/12/2013 3:39:53 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: 1010RD
Think how badly we need six Clarence Thomases.

Where is Robert Bork when you need him?

15 posted on 03/12/2013 3:44:46 PM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Yep, he's the in your face type jerk.

Question if you know:

Being he skipped the en banc if SCOTUS doesn't take this appeal would both findings of the DC Court be final?

16 posted on 03/12/2013 3:49:02 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: 1010RD
The DC Court of Appeals ruling is a pleasant history lesson of the appointments clause and separation of powers. It is thorough and 100% logic without a drip of leftwing idiocy.

If the usual four statists plus Kennedy find for Obama, they will blow the lid completely off what remains of our once republic and Constitution.

It will mean that ‘Bam can appoint whomever he wants, whenever he wants, including supreme court justices.

It will nearly complete the consolidation of government we have been heading for since the 17th Amendment.

17 posted on 03/12/2013 3:49:17 PM PDT by Jacquerie ("How few were left who had seen the republic!" - Tacitus, The Annals)
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This is a problem. You have all 3 branches of government engaged in a legal battle over a power struggle that could have been resolved by courtesy and respect for the rule of law.

Guess who's footing the bill for ALL of this B.S.?

18 posted on 03/12/2013 3:50:54 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: jazusamo
Being he skipped the en banc if SCOTUS doesn't take this appeal would both findings of the DC Court be final?

I don't think he can go back and ask for en banc. He can maybe ask (I don't know), but they can refuse. Not likely they'll go against SCOTUS, if it won't hear from Obastard.

19 posted on 03/12/2013 3:57:24 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Thank you.


20 posted on 03/12/2013 4:01:04 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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