National Labor Relations Board Appointments Unconstitutional

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Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2013 · News & Politics

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A federal appeals court ruled President Obama's appointments to the National Labor Relations Board made during a congressional recess were unconstitutional. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Steven Greenhouse of The New York Times for more on how the ruling could weaken presidential power to make recess appointments going forward.

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