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Supreme Court Rules Some Obama Appointments Illegal

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The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan battle with President Barack Obama, limiting the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments during Congressional recesses. The court unanimously decided Obama's appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012 without Senate confirmation were illegal. The president had invoked the Constitution's provision that lets him make temporary appointments when the...

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