It’s an important case that underscores the separation of powers. Senate Republicans will file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of recent recess appointments by President Obama – specifically to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Here’s the problem. The president made those appointments while the Senate was in…

It can only be described as a smokescreen to cover the actions of President Obama. The Department of Justice today released a memo backing President Obama’s disturbing “recess appointments” made earlier this month. The memo is dated January 6th, two days after the appointments occurred. Usually a President will solicit advice from the Justice Department in…

It’s an issue that has struck a constitutional chord with the American people and a growing number of members of Congress. The issue: President Obama’s overreach last week in making appointments to federal agencies – appointments that bypassed the Senate – appointments that violated the separation of powers. In just a few days, we have…

I wanted to let you know that we are continuing our evaluation of President Obama’s troubling appointments last week – appointments that we believe violated the Constitution. As you know, I presented a sound legal argument posted here underscoring the fact that the President not only acted arrogantly in bypassing Congress with these appointments, he…

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