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The Trump people went extremely well prepared into this. They are spamming with a ton of things, often legally questionable. They know that Congress doesn't hav
by rqtwteye 2y ago
The Trump people went extremely well prepared into this. They are spamming with a ton of things, often legally questionable. They know that Congress doesn't have a backbone and lawsuits will take a very long time. It's a brilliant strategy.
- madhadron 2y agoLawsuits take a very long time, but a court injunction can control which way that time is spent.
- nickff 2y agoA number of (especially recent) administrations have performed a large number of legally questionable acts which were often structured in such a way as to be difficult to challenge (the CFPB comes to mind). Trump’s innovation seems to be taking this tactic to an extreme, remarkably early in this administration.
- llamaimperative 2y agoSay more about how the CFPB was illegal? It was created by an act of Congress.
- nickff 2y agoThere are/were a number of issues with its structure, some of which are described in the lawsuits mentioned on its Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protectio...
- llamaimperative 2y agoIts constitutionality was literally upheld in SCOTUS So no, not really. You have a list of complaints from the regulated parties.
- nickff 2y agoThat’s one of the decisions; on the other hand, the director was made removable at will (by the courts, in response to a challenge, and contrary to the original statute), and there have been other proposed challenges. This change has proved consequential.