Judge Swats Aside Newspaper’s Constitutional Challenge to NLRB

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s publisher couldn’t escape the National Labor Relations Board’s bid for an injunction by challenging the agency’s constitutionality.

Judge Cathy Bissoon in the Western District of Pennsylvania denied Tuesday the PG Publishing Co.’s motion to dismiss the NLRB’s petition in a brief docket entry rather than a standard written order.

“While PG’s positions are not outlandish by contemporary standards, this Court declines its invitation to ignore nearly a century’s worth of settled jurisprudence,” the Obama appointee said. “Although respect for stare decisis appears less ‘in vogue’ as of late, there is something to be said for tradition.”

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