APNewsBreak: Obama to nominate labor board members Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 8:18 am, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in January that Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on the board after Republicans blocked his nominations. [...] Republicans have claimed the board lacks any legitimacy to act.