The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 today that President Obama violated the Constitution when he appointed members of the National Labor Relations Board while the Senate was in session in 2012. U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, who was Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the time of the illegal appointments, welcomed the decision.

“This president has shown a high level of contempt for the Constitution anytime it gets in the way of his agenda. It’s refreshing to see the court take a unanimous stand against executive overreach. I hope we see more of this not only from the courts and Congress, but from the American people themselves,” said Enzi. “The Constitution holds our country together. When we get further away from it our country’s divisions are heightened because one group or another, usually a minority, is not enjoying the Constitution’s protections.”

In January 2013 Enzi called for the resignation of the illegally-appointed members and cosponsored a bill that would prohibit the NLRB from implementing decisions and regulations during the time the board operated without a constitutionally-confirmed board. Enzi said today’s court decision calls into question all the decisions made by the labor board while the illegally-appointed members served.