Supreme Court Holds 2012 Recess Appointments to the NLRB Were Invalid, Effectively Invalidates 20-Months of NLRB Decisions | Practical Law
In NLRB v. Noel Canning, the US Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution's Recess Appointments Clause did not give the president authority to make the January 4, 2012 recess appointments of Members Griffin, Block and Flynn to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).