Second appeals court strikes down Obama NLRB appointments BY: Bill McMorris Via Washington Free Beacon A second federal appeals court has struck down President Obama’s 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board as unconstitutional. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers parts of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, ruled 2-1 that President Obama violated the constitution’s separation of powers when he recess-appointed Democrat Craig Becker to the NLRB in March 2010. “We hold that the ‘the Recess of the Senate,’ in the Recess Appointments Clause … [Read more...]