Court opinion throws labor panel rulings, operation into question as White House slams decision

Published January 25, 2013

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WASHINGTON –  A federal court's ruling Friday that President Obama violated the Constitution with recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board opened the door to claims that a host of rulings and other past appointments may be in question, as the White House blasted the decision as unfounded. 

The administration is expected to appeal. Though White House Press Secretary Jay Carney would not confirm that, he called the ruling "novel and unprecedented." 

"It contradicts 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations. So we respectfully but strongly disagree with the ruling," Carney said.

He denied that the ruling would have any bearing on other decisions and appointees. "This is one court, one case, one company," Carney stressed.

But Republican lawmakers who have railed against the administration's recess appointments, as well as the often union-favoring decisions of the NLRB, rejected that view. 

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