context: This conclusion un doubtedly applies to numerous other en- - forcement actions taken by the Bureau for the 18 months of its existence before Richard Cordray was properly confirmed by the Senate in July 2013. But while the Supreme Court understands the practical consequences of invalidating large numbers of agency actions, it has nevertheless done so when the law requires.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that because there was no quorum of validly appointed board members, the NLRB "lacked authority" to act," and the enforcement order was therefore "void ab initio "
citation_a.sentence: See Noel Canning v. NLRB, 705 F.3d 490, 493 (D.C.Cir.2013), aff'd 134 S.Ct. 2550 (2014) (holding that because there was no quorum of validly appointed board members, the NLRB “lacked authority" to act,” and the enforcement order was therefore “void ab initio ”); see also New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB, 560 U.S. 674, 687-88, 130 S.Ct. 2635, 177 L.Ed.2d 162 (2010); id. at 689, 130 S.Ct. 2635 (Kennedy, J., dissenting) (“Under the Court’s holding, the Board was unauthorized to resolve the more than 500 cases it addressed during those 26 months in the course of carrying out its responsibility....”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "Under the Court's holding, the Board was unauthorized to resolve the more than 500 cases it addressed during those 26 months in the course of carrying out its responsibility...."
citation_b.sentence: See Noel Canning v. NLRB, 705 F.3d 490, 493 (D.C.Cir.2013), aff'd 134 S.Ct. 2550 (2014) (holding that because there was no quorum of validly appointed board members, the NLRB “lacked authority" to act,” and the enforcement order was therefore “void ab initio ”); see also New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB, 560 U.S. 674, 687-88, 130 S.Ct. 2635, 177 L.Ed.2d 162 (2010); id. at 689, 130 S.Ct. 2635 (Kennedy, J., dissenting) (“Under the Court’s holding, the Board was unauthorized to resolve the more than 500 cases it addressed during those 26 months in the course of carrying out its responsibility....”).