1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgBrian WolfmanDOJ Responds to the D.C. Circuit's "Noel Canning" Recess-Appointment Decision - CLP Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YqnH5lgRkO"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/doj-responds-to-the-dc-circuits-noel-canning-recess-appointment-decision/">DOJ Responds to the D.C. Circuit’s “Noel Canning” Recess-Appointment Decision</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/doj-responds-to-the-dc-circuits-noel-canning-recess-appointment-decision/embed/#?secret=YqnH5lgRkO" width="600" height="338" title="“DOJ Responds to the D.C. Circuit’s “Noel Canning” Recess-Appointment Decision” — CLP Blog" data-secret="YqnH5lgRkO" 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 not proper recess appointments. Therefore, the court ruled, the appointments were invalid because they did not go through the Constitution's normal appointments process — presidential nomination and [...]