Much like the Trump Administration’s attempt to “dismantle and disable the agency entirely,” the administration’s latest effort to prevent CFPB from enforcing vital consumer protections is unlawful.

Even after the Supreme Court’s shadow-docket decision, there remain ways to assert award-termination challenges in district court.

Classifying USDS carries implications for, among other things, whether it is subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Administrative Procedure Act and, indeed, whether it may properly exert power at all.

Over the past several years, the conservative legal movement and corporate interests have enjoyed one administrative law victory after another. 

Despite recent skepticism, the President’s broad authority over federal contractors will remain.

The Center for American Progress and Governing for Impact urge federal financial regulatory agencies to use powers already under their authority to regulate AI.