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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 04:45 PM Jan 2012

Anti-Union Group Challenges Recess Appointments

By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press – 13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-union group has filed the first legal challenge to President Barack Obama's controversial recess appointments.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation argues Obama cannot legally bypass the Senate to appoint three members to the National Labor Relations Board.

The group makes the argument in federal court, where it's already suing the labor board over a requirement that businesses to put up posters telling workers about their right to form a union.

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DCKit

(18,541 posts)
3. I checked five different websites to be sure, but....
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 04:59 PM
Jan 2012

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation does not disclose their funding sources. Shocking, eh?

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
4. I looked too. But wikipedia listed these two names and said that other conservative organizations
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 05:46 PM
Jan 2012

fund them too.

Mark Mix, President
Raymond LaJeunesse, Jr., Vice President and Legal Director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Right_to_Work_Legal_Defense_Foundation

Omaha Steve

(99,703 posts)
7. Ben Nelson & Lincoln would not vote for cloture
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:39 AM
Jan 2012

I'm still pissed at Ben over this.

The Justice Dept. approved the legality of the appointments.

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