Senate GOP Sues Obama For Recess Appointments

Wow, the Senate Republicans decided to go for it.  They are suing President Obama for appointing political allies to the National Labor Relations Board.  The President is only allowed to not attain Senate approval when they are not in session.  This was not the case and, therefore, he should not have taken this extraordinary executive power-grab to get his way.  But, this is our President.  Of course, if the GOP ever did this, Democrats would cry foul.  But, Obama lives in a world where he can do whatever he wants.

Here's more from Breitbart.com:

The lawsuit itself is based on President Obama’s non-recess “recess appointment” of political allies to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which oversees management-union relations; it was originally filed by Noel Canning, a soft-drink business owner who sued the NLRB over its ruling that the company had to work with a labor union.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out firing today:

“The president’s decision to circumvent the American people by installing his appointees at a powerful federal agency, when the Senate was not in recess, and without obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate, is an unprecedented power grab. We will demonstrate to the court how the president’s unconstitutional actions fundamentally endanger the Congress’s role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch.”

The Senate was technically in session when President Obama made his recess appointments; he unilaterally determined that there was indeed a recess. “The Senate should decide when the Senate is in session,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) stated.