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Supreme Court considers definition of 'recess' appointments

Supreme Court considers definition of 'recess' in case on Obama's appointments

01/13/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Supreme Court considers definition of 'recess' appointments

Clip: 1/13/2014 | 6m 22s

Supreme Court considers definition of 'recess' in case on Obama's appointments

Can the president bypass the Senate in making temporary appointments? Gwen Ifill talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how a local labor dispute transformed into a debate of presidential power and the Supreme Court's first time considering the Constitution's recess appointments clause.

01/13/2014 | Rating NR

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