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The NLRB, the IRS, and the Cancer of Senate Obstructionism

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics
Peter M. Shane

What we are witnessing today in depressing, even contemptible form is a GOP-led congressional subversion of two of the most elementary norms on which our government rests.

Give Us Five: A Fully Functioning NLRB Needs All Five Members

Larry Cohen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics
Larry Cohen

They know that even under the best circumstances, justice is hard to come by. Now, the Senate is making it virtually impossible for workers to gain the justice they deserve. And what does that say about our democracy?

This Week's Opportunity to Get Our Labor Board Operating Again

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

President Obama has nominated five people to the National Labor Relations Board. Two are Republicans. All are waiting for confirmation by the Senate. These nominees should be confirmed so the NLRB can get back to work.

Union Rule Struck Down By Appeals Court

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have requ...

No NLRB, No Voice

Larry Cohen | Posted 04.12.2013 | Politics
Larry Cohen

Today the NLRB has no teeth, but if H.R. 1120 has its way, tomorrow it might not survive. A vote for H.R. 1120 is a vote to send this country to a pre-1935 era, before the National Labor Relations Act.

Dave Jamieson

Obama Makes Major Nominations

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama made three nominations to the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, hoping to bring some stability to an age...

Dave Jamieson

Board Games: How The Collapse Of The Senate Has Crippled The NLRB And Damaged Lives

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

SMITHERS, W.Va. -- When he was a teenager, Barry Kidd went into the West Virginia coal mines, just like his father, his grandfather and his great-gran...

Dave Jamieson

Administration To Petition SCOTUS On Recess Appointment Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The National Labor Relations Board, whose recess appointments by President Barack Obama were ruled invalid by a panel of federal judges ...

White House Makes Move After Federal Court Smackdown

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday formally nominated two members of a labor board whose appointments had been in doubt aft...

Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Obama Recess Appointment Case

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a nursing home operator's emergency stay ...

Dave Jamieson

Judges Flout Decades Of Presidential Tradition In Obama Smackdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The research arm of the U.S. Congress has studied the controversial appeals court ruling striking down President Barack Obama's recess a...

Dave Jamieson

Biz Lobby 'Licking Its Chops' Over Recess Appointment Debacle

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.02.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The appeals court ruling striking down President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the federal labor board is barely a week old, but...

Walmart Protestors Give Up

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Labor groups that have long spoken out against Wal-Mart Stores Inc will stop much of their picketing against the world's largest ...

Judicial Activism and Recess Appointments

Peter M. Shane | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Peter M. Shane

What is striking about the DC Circuit opinion is not its bottom line, but the scope of its reasoning. Despite a pretense of constitutional modesty, the court decided the Recess Appointments issue on the broadest possible ground.

Two More Reasons Why the D.C. Circuit is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong on Recess Appointments

Peter M. Shane | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Peter M. Shane

Congress can work mischief of its own. The Senate can hold up patently qualified nominees interminably. Or a majority of the House of Representatives may disable the Senate from going into "the recess" for no reason other than to preserve the filibustering prerogatives of a Senate minority.

Permitting Legislative Repeal by Blocking Nominations: The DC Circuit Recess Appointment Disaster

Peter M. Shane | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics
Peter M. Shane

Of course, the Senate is not intended to be a rubber stamp. But stalling nomination votes simply to keep laws from being enforced -- effectively repealing the laws that cannot be enforced without the nominees in place -- is utterly inconsistent with the Senate's proper confirmation role.

Federal Court Smacks Down Obama Appointments

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Lab...

Bold Obama Move Challenged

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 01.30.2013 | Politics

CHICAGO — A federal appeals court in Chicago heard arguments Friday in a case that challenges whether President Barack Obama had the authority t...

When Journalists Are Protected From Online Muzzling

Edward Wasserman | Posted 08.20.2012 | Media
Edward Wasserman

Surprisingly, punishing journalists for infelicitous Twitter or Facebook postings has drawn little protest. Aren't journalists presumed to have a special claim to expressive freedom, not just a basic human right but a professional responsibility?

787 Over South Carolina

Christine Negroni | Posted 08.01.2012 | Travel
Christine Negroni

The folks in Charleston are over the moon about their entry into the world of high-tech manufacturing, embodied in the new Boeing 787.

Dave Jamieson

'DO NOT POST': Major Companies' Social Media Policies Deemed Unlawful

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.31.2012 | Technology

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to control employees' activities on Facebook and Twitter, some U.S. companies have instituted social media policies that ru...

Officials Address Probe Involving Former Romney Adviser

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday addressed the recent resignation of their former colleague Terence Flynn...

Dave Jamieson

Official Resigns After Investigation Involving Former Romney Adviser

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.28.2012 | Politics

A member of the National Labor Relations Board resigned quietly over the holiday weekend after investigators found that he had leaked sensitive board ...

Republican Leaves Labor Board Amid Leak Allegations

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A member of the National Labor Relations Board accused of leaking inside information has resigned, the agency announced Sunday. Terence...

Dave Jamieson

Union Puts Bullseye Back On Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2012 | Business

Late last week, an administrative law judge in New York ruled that big-box retailer Target had violated labor law in the runup to a union election at ...