Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2013. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
Other challenges to the consumer bureau are pending in federal appeals courts, giving the Supreme Court a chance—more likely next term—to weigh the constitutionality of the bureau's single-director scheme.
January 14, 2019 at 10:26 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Even though the Trump administration agreed with the challengers that the bureau’s director has too much authority, the government had urged the justices not to take the case. The Justice Department pointed to the likely recusal of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who would not have taken part in ruling on the merits.
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