President Barack Obama stepped back into the fray over the National Labor Relations Board last week, nominating two lawyers to fill vacant seats at an agency whose membership has drawn criticism from Republicans and questions of legality from a federal appeals court.
Obama tapped two Republican attorneys to join the panel, seeking to fill open slots as the U.S. Department of Justice prepared to defend the constitutionality of two controversial recess appointments to the five-member, bipartisan board.
