A battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s political independence heads to the Supreme Court for arguments tomorrow, in a pivotal case that will determine how much power the president can wield over the controversial agency
A battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s political independence heads to the Supreme Court for arguments Tuesday, in a pivotal case that will determine how much power the president can wield over the controversial agency.
In an unusual move that highlights the case’s political sensitivity, the Trump administration in September reversed its position and said it agreed that the bureau is unconstitutionally structured. That led the Supreme Court to tap former solicitor general and conservative legal star Paul Clement to defend the agency. Democrats in Congress have filed amicus briefs defending the bureau.
that the justices shouldn’t wait until a president attempts to remove an official because the “separation-of-powers problem … infects every executive action an unconstitutionally structured agency takes.” House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and two dozen House Financial Services Committee members,
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