Source: Olivia Beavers, THE HILL, 3/21/17
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. For more of this story, click here.
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