Supreme Court limits president’s power to temporarily fill agency vacancies
By Olivia Beavers - 03/21/17 04:13 PM EDT
The Supreme Court voted Tuesday to limit the president's power to fill agency vacancies on a temporary basis, while nominees go through the official and sometimes beleaguered confirmation process.
The court ruled 6-2 that the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) former acting general counsel should not have been allowed to serve while awaiting confirmation for the job on a permanent basis.
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