US appeals court questions suggest CFPB to be left in tatters
By Neil Roland ( May 19, 2025, 18:26 GMT | Comment) -- US appeals court judges fired skeptical questions at the union lawyer challenging the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – suggesting that the beleaguered agency will be left withered and dry. All three judges on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit panel centered their questions on a lower court judge’s preliminary injunction blocking for 30 days the layoffs and contract cancellations while she reviewed their legality. The Trump-led CFPB dismissed 1,300 of its 1,500 employees in what the National Treasury Employees Union called an effort to dismantle the agency. US Circuit Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, suggested that as long as the agency had 200 employees, it could still operate.US appeals court judges fired skeptical questions at the union lawyer challenging the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – suggesting that the beleaguered agency will be left withered and dry....
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