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SUPREME COURT REJECTS BROAD CHALLENGE TO CONSUMER WATCHDOG CFPB

The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeals court
decision that cast doubt on Congress’s authority to decide how to fund an
agency.

By Justin Jouvenal
and 
Ann E. Marimow
Updated May 16, 2024 at 3:34 p.m. EDT|Published May 16, 2024 at 10:14 a.m. EDT

The Supreme Court. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post)

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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a broad challenge to the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, reversing a lower-court ruling that would have
undermined the watchdog agency Congress created in the wake of the financial
crisis to protect borrowers from predatory lenders, junk fees and other abuses.


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In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court said the CFPB’s
funding mechanism is constitutional. The agency draws its budget through profits
of the Federal Reserve, not an annual appropriation by Congress.


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