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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Supreme Court

Biden Just Used a 'Far Right' SCOTUS Ruling To Oust a Trump Appointee

The new president availed himself of Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Damon Root | 1.22.2021 1:36 PM

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Supreme Court Rules Against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Says Agency's Format 'Clashes With Constitutional Structure'

SCOTUS rules 5–4 in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Damon Root | 6.29.2020 2:40 PM

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Law

The Constitutional Case Against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

Will the Supreme Court question the underpinnings of the modern administrative state?

Damon Root | 4.13.2020 6:00 AM

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Could President Trump Control the CFPB After He Leaves Office? (Updated)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be completely independent of the next occupant of the White House.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.10.2020 7:53 AM

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Is the CFPB Unconstitutional? We'll Soon Find Out. (Corrected)

The Supreme Court will consider a constitutional challenge to the composition of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.18.2019 5:33 PM

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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.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.17.2019 10:58 PM

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren's Plans Don't Add Up

The Warren worldview of ill-founded economic pessimism is both bloodless and moralizing.

Peter Suderman | 9.10.2019 6:00 AM

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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.

Christian Britschgi | 4.12.2018 11:15 AM

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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.

Eric Boehm | 1.31.2018 2:30 PM

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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.

Eric Boehm | 11.28.2017 4:01 PM

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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.

Peter Suderman | 11.27.2017 2:45 PM

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Cybersecurity

Would Data Breach Notification Laws Really Improve Cybersecurity?

Responses to top-down federal dictates are hard to predict.

Andrea O'Sullivan | 9.26.2017 8:30 AM

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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.

Eric Boehm | 6.2.2017 9:15 AM

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Regulation

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.

Eric Boehm | 12.6.2016 2:14 PM

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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.

Eric Boehm | 10.11.2016 5:18 PM

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Payday Lending

Feds Know What's Best For Your Personal Finances

Cracking down on payday lending

Eric Boehm | 6.11.2016 10:00 AM

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Should Stop Hurting the Poor

Why overregulation of payday lenders is a bad idea

Veronique de Rugy | 10.22.2015 8:07 AM

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Financial Regulation

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.

Zach Weissmueller | 8.21.2015 9:30 AM

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Understand Regulatory Capture. That's a Problem for a Would-Be Regulator.

Nick Gillespie | 12.20.2014 9:51 AM

Banking

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.

Jim Epstein | 2.25.2014 10:00 AM

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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett's Deals Come at Taxpayers' Expense

How did Warren Buffett get his property so cheap? Simple! You paid for it.

Ira Stoll | 2.24.2014 4:30 PM

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial 'Protection' Bureau Hoovers, Stores and Shares Your Information

J.D. Tuccille | 7.5.2013 7:43 PM

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Federal 'Consumer' Agency Snoops on Private Financial Data, Too

Well ... Of course it does

Reason Staff | 7.5.2013 6:00 PM

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Employees Flee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

They'd rather work in the private sector

Reason Staff | 6.3.2013 7:20 PM

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes First Legal Case

Debt settlement company indicted

Reason Staff | 5.7.2013 5:10 PM

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Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Issues FOIA Rule

Information they receive subject to FOIA requests

Reason Staff | 3.27.2013 3:20 PM

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GOP Threatens to Block Consumer Bureau Pick

Wants restructuring to give Congress oversight

Reason Staff | 2.1.2013 6:10 PM

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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

Reason Staff | 1.10.2013 9:24 AM

Dodd-Frank

The Constitutional Case Against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Damon Root | 11.19.2012 4:17 PM

Economics

The Case Against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Damon Root | 8.3.2012 2:33 PM

Education

Photo of the Day: Remember When Ads Tried to Get You to Spend?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.26.2012 4:11 PM

Regulation

A Majority of Voters Favor Increased Competition Rather than Increased Regulations to Hold Companies Accountable

Reason Staff | 7.8.2011 1:26 PM

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