Today's Supreme Court Decision Could Imperil All Unions In 2018 (Click here to read more)
By Ian Millhiser June 26, 2014 at 11:26 am Updated: June 26, 2014 at 12:05 pm
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The Supreme Court today effectively eliminated the president's power to make recess appointments in all but the most unusual circumstances, with four justices going even further with an opinion that could have retroactively invalidated thousands of recess appointments made by presidents past if it had garnered just one more vote. Thursday's opinion in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning is a defeat for President Obama, who made the recess appointments that are now invalid under the Court's decision. But the greatest effects of this opinion will not be felt until long after Obama leaves the White House. Thanks to Noel Canning, the country will likely face a pitched battle every five years that poses an existential threat to unions every time it is waged.
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