Court to decide if two-person Labor Board legal

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will decide whether the National Labor Relations Board, normally made up of five people, can make decisions with only two members in place.

The NLRB has operated with only two members - and three vacancies - for more than a year because Democrats who retook control of Congress in 2006 objected to President George W. Bush's labor policies and refused to confirm his nominees.

But the two NLRB members have continued to issue decisions, making about 400 in the last 16 months.