Petitions of the week
on Nov 18, 2022
at 2:31 pm
The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
For the second time in just over three years, the Supreme Court may determine the future of the federal watchdog agency that seeks to protect consumers in the financial sector.
Three terms ago in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the justices ruled by a vote of 5-4 that Congress violated the separation of powers when it placed the CFPB under the control of a single director removable by the president only for cause, as opposed to at will. The court, however, declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. This