The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that blocked the Trump administration from imposing mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while an underlying challenge to the agency’s alleged shutdown plays out.

In October 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stated that the CFPB’s “perpetual insulation from Congress’ appropriations power, including the express exemption from congressional review of its funding, renders the Bureau ‘no longer dependent, and as a result, no longer accountable’ to the Congress and ultimately, to the people.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau doubles its anticipated rulemaking agenda from last year, even as bureau employees expect mass layoffs.

"The Bureau has acted contrary to law and regulation by granting DOGE and its members access to the records that the Bureau collects and maintains about every CFPB employee." The post 'Unauthorized and unfettered': Labor union takes aim at Trump admin's 'unlawful' disclosure of workers' Social Security numbers and other data in revamped lawsuit first appeared on Law & Crime.