Republican U.S. Reps. John Kline and Michele Bachmann are cheering a Supreme Court ruling that dealt a blow to the powers of the presidency.

The justices ruled unanimously Thursday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he circumvented the Senate to make appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in 2012.

"The president's unprecedented action was one of many intended to further his own partisan agenda by circumventing the Constitution and side-stepping Congress," said Kline, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

"Thankfully the Supreme Court has helped rein in his abuse of power and restored some checks and balances to our system of government."

Bachmann used her Twitter account to blast out this message to her 220,000 followers: "The Supreme Court upheld limits on executive power today. Finally someone said no to President Obama's freewheeling unconstitutional style."

To the dismay of Republicans, Obama invoked a constitutional provision that granted him the power to make temporary appointments when the Senate is in recess.

The Supreme Court ruled the Senate was not in a formal recess when Obama acted.

"Now the board will have to begin the process of reconsidering hundreds of decisions issued by the unconstitutionally appointed members," Kline said. "The men and women who were thrown in limbo by the president's unconstitutional overreach have waited long enough for the justice they deserve."