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November 27, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk Sets His Sight on Helping Foment Massive Bank Fraud
The world’s richest man wants to destroy the key federal agency meant to protect consumers in the financial sector.
May 16, 2024
Matt Ford
Even the Right-Wing Supreme Court Has Its Limits
Led by Clarence Thomas, the justices overwhelmingly rejected an outlandish conservative attempt to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
May 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Clarence Thomas Goes Rogue, Does the Right Thing for Once
The Supreme Court justice authored the majority opinion protecting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
October 3, 2023
Matt Ford
The Surprising Argument That Could Save America’s Consumer Watchdog Agency
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s defenders may have won over some of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices.
October 2, 2023
Simon Lazarus
The Case for Optimism on the Supreme Court’s Next Term
Liberal pressure contributed to an unexpected tempering of the conservative justices’ extremes last time out. We’ll know soon if that will endure.
September 18, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
How an Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling Could Benefit Alito Patron
Paul Singer, who underwrote the justice’s Alaska fishing trip, has a hedge fund that holds a large stake in a banking services company with 5,100 CFPB complaints. What will Sam do?
October 21, 2022
Matt Ford
The Fifth Circuit Just Defunded the (Consumer Protection) Police
It’s good news for financial predators as a trio of Trump-appointed judges tees up a chance for the Supreme Court to take the CFPB’s cops off the beat.
February 17, 2022
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Rachel M. Cohen
Wall Street’s New Foe Is a Close Ally of Elizabeth Warren
Can Rohit Chopra revive the CFPB after Trump let it languish?
July 2, 2020
Matt Ford
Elena Kagan’s Fiery Defense of the Administrative State
The justice’s dissent in a little-regarded case strikes an important blow against the right’s efforts to decimate the federal government.
March 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The War on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Goes to Court
The Supreme Court will decide whether Elizabeth Warren’s brainchild will continue to exist, or if it’ll merely expand Donald Trump’s power over it.
March 16, 2017
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Alexander Zaitchik
Trump and Warren Are on a Collision Course
Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America's most effective consumer watchdog?
June 26, 2014
Brian Beutler
The Supreme Court's Recess Appointment Ruling Should Petrify Democrats
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