SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This one arises from the financing mechanism used for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the wake of the financial crash that precipitated the Great Recession. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd.

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APRIL 9, 2025

MSPB members can only be removed by the president for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Members of the NLRB can only be removed upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused both judges orders.

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Court Malfeasance Government Court Decisions 130

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, dissented from the courts decision not to act on the Trump administrations request. Under the federal law creating the agency, the president can only remove the head of the office, who serves a five-year term, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

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Court Malfeasance Government Court Decisions 123