Our Founding Fathers laid out a political system where the President has a number of limitations on his power – including getting the Senate’s “advice and consent” for all presidential appointments. But last year, President Obama appointed five individuals to the National Labor Relations Board during a Senate recess, in essence ignoring that requirement. Today, the Supreme Court struck down three of those appointments as unconstitutional – which I think was a critical step towards reining in this pattern we’re seeing of executive overreach. Given the NLRB’s tendency to seek control over private businesses like we saw with Boeing in the Lowcountry, I think today’s ruling was much needed in the fight toward restoring the balance of power between all three branches of government. You can read more about the decision at the link below.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:17:45 +0000
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