US EditionAppeals court allows Trump administration to resume CFPB dismantling
A split federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration can proceed with layoffs affecting about 1,500 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees, overturning a lower court injunction.
- On Friday, August 15, 2025, a divided federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump may continue with large-scale staff layoffs at the agency responsible for consumer financial regulation.
- The decision followed lawsuits filed months ago by groups representing CFPB employees and consumer advocates after Trump replaced the agency's director and pursued workforce cuts exceeding 80%.
- The court found that a lower court lacked jurisdiction to block the firings temporarily and accepted the administration's claim that it had not decided to shut down the CFPB entirely.
- Judge Greg Katsas concurred with the government’s position that the shutdown of the CFPB did not involve a decision subject to judicial review, while Judge Cornelia Pillard dissented, cautioning that the agency could suffer lasting harm.
- The ruling allows the Trump administration to downsize the CFPB but maintains that core functions like responding to consumer complaints cannot be shut down, with further appeals possible.
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Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue CFPB Cuts
"These requirements—agency action, finality, ripeness, and discreteness—reflect that the APA does not make federal courts 'roving commissions' assigned to pass on how well federal agencies are satisfying their statutory obligations." The post Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue CFPB Cuts first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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