In the past week, in the political/legal news, we saw the Senate hearings on gun control and gun violence, Hillary Clinton’s last day as Secretary of State and Senate confirmation grilling of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. Rounding out the list was a federal court’s ruling that the recess appointments made by President Obama to the National Labor Relations Board last year were unconstitutional. The federal court’s opinion has thrown a curve ball at the Obama Administration. During President Obama’s first term, the Republican Senators refused to approve President Obama’s nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the Consumer Financial Board Agency and others. As other presidents before President Obama have done, he chose to make appointments during the Senate recess to the NLRB. In doing so, President Obama assured that the board could conduct business with the required number of judges. Republican Senators took a stand against the appointments … [Read more...] about Federal Court Strikes Down Obama Recess Appointments