What's up with the CFPB?

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(11-29-2017, 10:42 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: So, I'm not sure how much everyone is following this. When the Director left to run for Governor in Ohio, he appointed Deputy Director English to serve as acting Director. Trump named Mulvaney as Acting Director. This threw everything into a weird limbo state on Monday when both claimed to be Acting Director.

English has brought a lawsuit, which the US District Court denied, that bars Mulvaney from serving as Acting Director. The argument is that under the agency's charter the Deputy Director serves as Acting Director when no Director is available, therefore there was no vacancy to be filled under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act that is what Trump is using to appoint Mulvaney. The act also states that it is to be used if no other legislation precludes it, yadda yadda. Long story short, their argument is that the Deputy is Acting until someone is nominated and approved through the Senate as a permanent Director. But, since Mulvaney has already gone through the confirmation process for his OMB role, it makes the argument a more difficult one to win.

I have a feeling that this fight will be taken further because lots of people see Mulvaney, who has stated his disdain for the regulatory agency, as a threat to it, so this will likely move to the Circuit Court of Appeals because supporters of CFPB see this as a fight for the life of the agency, itself.

I hadn't seen anything about this, and I didn't know how much anyone on here knew about it, or if this was one of those things that us more nerdy government types followed and no one else cared.

Probably just my inherent lack of trust in all things the Trump Way™, but why did he move to fill THIS position so quickly when there are SO many others he has even nominated anyone for?

That make we suspicious.

Otherwise I've been following this in the background this week.