VICTORY – Supreme Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional NLRB Recess Appointments
For Immediate Release
Kelly Hoffman
or 202-314-2054Kelly.Hoffman@NFIB.org
Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional NLRB Recess Appointments
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2014 — Karen Harned, Executive Director
of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center, made the following
statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the case NLRB v.
Noel Canning. NFIB previously filed an amicus brief—along with other
industry groups—arguing that the President’s recess appointments were
unconstitutional.
“This case was never just about recess appointments. Ultimately,
the case was about affirming the bedrock principle that this is a nation of
limited government, where no one man can wield too great a power over our lives
and livelihoods. When President Obama appointed three members to the NLRB he
blatantly circumvented the Congressional appointment process and overstepped
his constitutional authority. The President and NLRB’s actions have caused
employers and employees uncertainty and unpredictability. These illegal
appointments have played key roles in several of NLRB’s highly controversial
policy decisions, such as the “ambush election rule” and the “Notice Poster
Rule.”
Small-business owners deserve to be protected from the pro-union
decisions handed down by the NLRB and today the Supreme Court provided that
protection. The Supreme Court’s decision today will have real world
implications in every American community and in every business.”
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