Obama petitions Supreme Court on recess appointments

[JURIST] The Obama administration on Thursday petitioned [text, PDF] the US Supreme Court [official website] to uphold the president's ability to make executive appointments while the Senate is in recess. The recess appointment is a constitutional power that permits the president fill vacancies in the executive branch without the typical consent of the Senate. In its petition, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) [official website] presented two questions: Whether the President's recess-appointment power may be exercised during a recess that...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/04/obama-petitions-supreme-court-on-recess-appointments.php

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