1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgBrian Wolfmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="U1kUKdbPfY"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/congressional-research-service-report-on-the-dc-circuits-noel-canning-decision-and-the-recess-appoin/">Congressional Research Service Report on the D.C. Circuit’s “Noel Canning” Decision and the Recess Appointment Power</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/congressional-research-service-report-on-the-dc-circuits-noel-canning-decision-and-the-recess-appoin/embed/#?secret=U1kUKdbPfY" width="600" height="338" title="“Congressional Research Service Report on the D.C. Circuit’s “Noel Canning” Decision and the Recess Appointment Power” — CLP Blog" data-secret="U1kUKdbPfY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> We've posted many times about the D.C. Circuit's Noel Canning decision, which held that three putative recess appointments made by President Obama to the National Labor Relations Board were, in fact, not proper recess appointments and were thus invalid. Go, for instance, here, here, and here. Last week, the Congressional Research Service issued a report entitled The [...]