#russvought — Public Fediverse posts
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From Reuters:
Appeals judges prod #Trump admin, #union over #CFPB wind-down
Federal appeals court judges in Washington wrestled Friday with the extent to which they could instruct the Trump admin to operate the government's consumer finance watchdog agency, which the White House this year has sought to decimate if not shut down entirely.
#law #RussVought #Constitution #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
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“The DC Circuit should block the administration’s actions to shutter the agency & uphold #Congress’s plenary power over the existence & structure of federal agencies.”
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“If President #Trump wants to shut down the #CFPB, the #Constitution requires that he go to Congress & get it to give him the authority to do that. Notably, he has not done so.”
#law #RussVought #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
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Following oral argument at the US Court of Appeals for DC this afternoon in National #Treasury Employees #Union v. #RussVought, a case in which the court is considering whether the #Trump admin’s efforts to unilaterally shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (#CFPB) are constitutional, Constitutional Accountability Center Equal Justice Works Fellow Anna Jessurun issued this:
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #Congress
https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/cac-release-at-the-d-c-circuit-everyone-agrees-that-the-constitution-does-not-permit-the-president-to-unilaterally-shutter-the-cfpb/