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This is important, if they appeal to the supreme court and wait and see if they take, but even if they take it, wait for briefing ar arguments. what does it mean now, jay. are the decisions over the past year void? there have been important decisions from the nlrb last year? >> theyre void. the three-judge panel at the u.s. court of appeals from the district of columbia said they were invalid from the outset and the decisions were not a quorum and those decisions from the nlrb, void, period. >> ...

A very snowy washington, d.c., martin. the basis for this ruling is essentially that the court is saying the senate was not in recess when this appointment was made. they are saying that, look, the senate was in a pro forma session, so not technically in recess. the obama administration is pushing back against that, and they are saying that they believe the senate was in recess. why? because they were in a pro forma session which essentially means that there werent senators here, they werent con...

Governors and, of course, hermanator. a few of the top moments from the past year on this show. >> im a brother looking for a cigar in a fireplace. >> stuck your hand in the mashed potatoes at the dinner table everyone else starts running their hands through the mashed potatoes. >> what do you make of newt gingrichs comments of mine norts this country? >> nothing. >> you made a terrific point. >> thank you. >> 8.3% unemployment. >> this governor or this governor? >> as a former lieutenant govern...

Didnt get enough votes so you waited until you got out of town so he made an appointment and you were trying to make sure he didnt do that so you didnt go into a full recess but a pro forma session. is that how it works out? >> that is exactly correct. the senate and the house alone under the constitution had the prerogatives to make the rules under which they live including when and how we go into recess. >> greta: so what is going to happen from here? where does this go? >> ive been e-mailing ...

Your job and the president didnt get enough votes so you waited until you got out of town so he made an appointment and you were trying to make sure he didnt do that so you didnt go into a full recess but a pro forma session. is that how it works out? >> that is exactly correct. the senate and the house alone under the constitution had the prerogatives to make the rules under which they live including when and how we go into recess. >> greta: so what is going to happen from here? where does this...

>> i would like to have a pro forma session on the show where i come in every three days -- >> and bang the gavel. >> its funny, when you go back through recent history read what democrats said about michael bolton being -- >> john. >> john, im sorry. its the same thing. >> we will be back with more, thank you for joining us today, its a pleasure to have you on set, we will miss you as the men take over and who knows what happens. up next, the recent rise of populace in the race. martin bashir a...

Correct, because what the republicans were doing was exactly what senator harry reid and the democrats were doing in order to deny president public the opportunity to stay in recess for appointments they gavel in and out every three or four days to keep the senate in pro forma session and the stat was in pro forma session and the president concedes that, but, nevertheless he appointed the recess appointments and the important thing is president bushs recesses to the nlrb were stalled, denied up ...

Leadership has scheduled only one full workday the entire month of january. worse yet, the freeze are supposed to be meeting on the payroll tax cut, employment benefits, medicare reimbursement for physicians. its supposed to be going on now because it all expires in february. >> let me read you a statement from the republican spokesman. he says we were in a pro forma session where no business was scheduled. the chair has discretion. when the democrats were in majority, they did the same thing. w...

Hold the brief sessions. now that the republicans are doing the same to president obama, president obama has decided that hes simply not going to abide by pro forma sessions and pretend theyre in recess anyway. >> and they said that the sessions are not really sessions. >> they are, but they just passed his tax holiday in december during the pro forma session. when youve got the floor of the house or senate open for business, things can happen. people can raise motion, you may have to call peopl...

Now that the republicans are doing the same to president obama, president obama has decided that hes simply not going to abide by pro forma sessions and pretend theyre in recess anyway. >> and they said that the sessions are not really sessions. >> they are, but they just passed his tax holiday in december during the pro forma session. when youve got the floor of the house or senate open for business, things can happen. people can raise motion, you may have to call people back to head off a vote...