Congressman Bucshon Applauds Court’s Decision on President’s Unconstitutional Appointments

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(Washington, DC) – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit ruled President Obama’s recent appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unconstitutional. Congressman Larry Bucshon released the following statement regarding President Obama’s abuse of power.

Congressman Larry Bucshon (IN-08) stated:

“President Obama continues to abuse his power in an attempt to bypass Congress and force his liberal agenda on the American people. The court’s decision today affirms that President Obama’s reckless interpretation of the United States Constitution will not be tolerated.

“The decision validates our work in the 112th Congress to hold the President’s unconstitutional National Labor Relations Board accountable. All of the decisions made by the NLRB since the unconstitutional appointments must be voided.”

BACKGROUND:

President Obama appointed Democrat Sharon Block, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor; Democrat Richard Griffin, former General Counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers; and Republican Terence Flynn, former Chief Counsel to Board Member Brian Hayes to the NLRB on January 9, 2012.

The President can only appoint members to the NLRB without confirmation from the Senate, if Congress has adjourned sine die – an indefinite period.

When President Obama appointed the three NLRB board members, the Senate was in “pro forma” session and not adjourned.

In the 112th Congress, Congressman Bucshon and his colleagues on the House Committee on the Education and the Workforce held several hearings and sent dozens of oversight inquiries to the NLRB highlighting and opposing their agenda.

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12 COMMENTS

  1. As other Presidents have learned the hard way,President Obama must realize he is not above the law/congressional rules. By illegally appointing these people without the approval of Congress, President Obama has created a real mess because approximately 200 labor cases have been ruled on by this illegal NLRB board members that now must be unwound. The odds of the Supreme Court overturning the Appellate Court 3-0 ruling is zero.

    Today’s working men/women are good smart hard working people. The Union leadership need to recognize the makeup of the labor workers has changed and labor leaders need to change or labor unions are going by the way of the dinosaur. Unions now represent about 12 % of the workforce.

    • What is the basis of your statement the Afghanistan mess is unconstitutional war? Cite any court that says it is.

      • Let’s leave the constitutionality of it aside a moment and just focus on the sheer fact we’ve been in this country for over 11 years with no sign of ever fully leaving, Osama Bin Laden is dead. What are we there for? Why should we be providing “security” in this mountainous wasteland halfway around the globe? The only two reasons I can can think of are control of the opium trade (which the Taliban had stamped out prior to our arrival there in 2001), and the vast lithium resources they have.

  2. I’m not defending President Obama by any means, but I hardly think Congressman Buschon is in any position to lecture anyone of the Constitution considering he has shown his own fidelity to it flimsy at best. His vote to extend to ironically named “Patriot Act” leaps to mind as well as his vote to keep troops in Afghanistan, which is an unconstitutional war that has gone on far too long and only threatens to do to us what it did to the Russians.

    His recent vote to kick the debt can down the road until March is a further indication of his willingness to avoid making the tough decisions necessary to save this country from the financial abyss we face.

    And I say all of this as a Republican.

  3. I’d love to debate Congressman Buschon sometime on the merits of his support of sanctions on Iran, a move which constitutes an act of war. Considering they are signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which allows them to pursue peaceful nuclear energy under international agreement, and UN inspectors have never found ANY concrete evidence they are pursuing a nuclear weapon, I have to seriously question the wisdom of sanctions which will hurt the population of Iran more than the leadership and only help the leaders of that country consolidate power and support and foment hatred for the US.

    Furthermore, even if no Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty existed, we are not officially at war with Iran. There has been no such declaration in Congress that we are at war with that country. They are a sovereign nation, and as such, have as much right to pursue a nuclear weapon as any other. While diplomacy would be advisable to dissuade them from such a course, one can easily see why they might wish to pursue one considering we’ve given their regional rival 300 of them with which to defend themselves and at least three other nations, China, Pakistan, and India have them as well. I fail to see the wisdom in deepening the rift between our countries and driving us closer to yet another war when we can hardly afford the 3 to 5 we’re currently involved in (depending whose counting).

    We have been in a threatening posture against the country of Iran for a long time. We have involved ourselves many times in the past in their internal affairs, even going so far as to depose their duly elected leader in 1953 to install a puppet dictator. We have military bases surrounding their country. Their Gulf waters are infested with our aircraft carriers in what can only be described as an aggressive posture. I have to severely question the thinking in all of this, or to be more precise, the LACK thereof. These policies have been sold to the American public largely by the military industrial complex, which includes every company benefiting from the continued government contracts of war. Taken down by Editor because remarks were unfounded.

    These people are no better than the ones on the dole we all complain about as conservatives, yet for some reason when these people do it, we tolerate it. Why? Are we just lazy or stupid?

    • WOW Brad–you went over the edge on this one.

      You feel sorry for Iran because they are are being treated unfairly?!!

      You think Chancellor and Park are pushing a war with Iran?

      • Taken down by Editor because remarks are unfounded. As for my opinions on the sovereignty of Iran and the PROPER way to go to war, I’m not alone in my thinking, yet you will rarely hear this viewpoint expressed on your TV.

        • I find it absolutely surreal that these comments were taken down by someone at CCO.

          I will not apologize for my comments here or cease the questioning of people like Mr. Chancellor, whose businesses operate from the profits of war. This is not an “unfounded allegation”, it’s just a fact. Ameriqual Foods makes MREs for the US military. If the wars end, that business will be slashed. This is no secret. Neither are the huge donations Mr. Chancellor makes to both sides in some Congressional races, presumably to hedge bets. Why else would you monetarily support both Brad Ellsworth and Larry Bucshon in the same election?

      • Taken down by Editor because we had enough of personal remarks about a local businessmen and local party Chairmen.

        • Really? Personal remarks? It’s nothing personal. The guy is a big fundraiser and he happens to run a business that exists solely off government subsidies relating to our various wars.

          Nothing personal about that. It’s just facts.

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