President Obama made four recess appointments on Wednesday, pushing through previously blocked appointees to new posts. Richard Cordray is now the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and two Democrats and one Republican will join the National Labor Relations board. But Congress claims that they were technically in session. Michael Lynch, assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas, explains how recess appointments work and whether Obama broke a law.
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