CFPB Decides that the CFPB Is Unconstitutional
In a newly filed brief with the Supreme Court, the Justice Department claims the Consumer Financial Protection Board's structure is unlawful.
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Elizabeth Warren's Plans Don't Add Up
The Warren worldview of ill-founded economic pessimism is both bloodless and moralizing.
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Keith Ellison Thinks 'Frosted' Glass Is an Assault on Government Transparency
The Minnesota Representative took CFPB Director Mike Mulvaney to task for 'frosted' glass office.
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CFPB Is Constitutional, Court Rules, in Victory for Unaccountable Bureaucrats Everywhere
The D.C. Circuit says the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is OK.
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Fight Over CFPB Director Shows—Again!—How Powerful Government Entities Backfire on Their Creators
Liberals and progressives might soon find themselves agreeing with libertarian critiques of the CFPB's unaccountable structure and powerful director.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now Has Two Different Acting Directors
The legal squabble is really a proxy battle over whether the agency will be subject to meaningful political oversight.
Would Data Breach Notification Laws Really Improve Cybersecurity?
Responses to top-down federal dictates are hard to predict.
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Nevertheless It Persists: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fights Trump, Congress, and Federal Courts in Effort to Remain Unaccountable to Anyone
The CFPB is fighting a three-front war against Congress, the Trump administration, and in the courts to maintain its unaccountable status.
The Most Potent Federal Regulatory Agency Will Answer Solely to Donald Trump
And the potential for Trump to abuse the power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is huuge.
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A Limited Victory for Limited Government as CFPB's Structure Ruled Unconstitutional
Tuesday's federal court ruling won't stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from acting, but will give the president more control over its activities.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Should Stop Hurting the Poor
Why overregulation of payday lenders is a bad idea
Operation Choke Point: The Government's Covert War on Small Business
A program meant to stamp out fraud has put a stranglehold on legitimate industries.
3 Ways to Get More Americans Into Banking (That Don't Involve the U.S. Postal Service)
Policymakers should get out of the way and let entrepreneurs offer financial services that fit the needs of low-income Americans.
Warren Buffett's Deals Come at Taxpayers' Expense
How did Warren Buffett get his property so cheap? Simple! You paid for it.
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Federal 'Consumer' Agency Snoops on Private Financial Data, Too
Well ... Of course it does
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Employees Flee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
They'd rather work in the private sector
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes First Legal Case
Debt settlement company indicted
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Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Issues FOIA Rule
Information they receive subject to FOIA requests
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GOP Threatens to Block Consumer Bureau Pick
Wants restructuring to give Congress oversight
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlining New Mortgage Rules
To protect lenders and borrowers, the agency says. Curbing intervention in the housing market would do that better
