Recess Appointments Timeline Archives
Recess Appointments Timeline

07/17/2013: Federal appeals court ruled NLRB recess appointments unconstitutional.

06/24/2013: Supreme Court agreed to rule on recess appointments.

06/06/2013: Obama administration urged Supreme Court to limit review of recess appointments.

04/25/2013: Obama administration petitioned Supreme Court on recess appointments.

01/25/2013: Federal appeals court found Obama recess appointments unconstitutional.

01/13/2012: Two business groups challenged Obama’s recess appointments.

01/13/2012: DOJ defended Obama’s recess appointments.

THIS DAY @ LAW

US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Read the Articles of Impeachment.

UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 years after the transfer of power.