Judges Parse Word to Strike Down Obama Labor Nominees
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Republican judges parse definition of ‘the’ to strike down Obama labor nominees (via Raw Story )
A Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued Friday declared that President Barack Obama’s 2011 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the Congress was taking “a recess,” not “the Recess,” a parsing the judges claim “makes all…
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