SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2021

He explained that last year’s decision on the CFPB director, Seila Law v. In Seila Law , the court struck down restrictions that said the CFPB director can be removed only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance while in office.” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , “is all but dispositive” in this case.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators. Some 1,800 ate the catered meal.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 10, 2025

Alongside those orders, Trump fired the heads of several independent government agencies, experts who oversee technical matters of government including the enforcement of antitrust laws and review of federal workers challenges to their dismissals. You mentioned the Fed before, where does the Fed stand?

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Under the 1978 federal law creating the Office of Special Counsel , Dellinger could be removed from his position only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. It would create, he suggested, a rocket docket straight to this Court, even as high-stakes emergency litigation proliferates across the country.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Under the federal law creating the Office of Special Counsel, Dellinger could be removed by the president from his job only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The watchdog agency protects whistleblowers inside the government, independent from the sitting president. to challenge his firing.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

Plaintiffs, including the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF), argued that the state law was preempted by federal immigration law. This case highlights the ongoing tension between state immigration laws and federal preemption, as well as the judiciarys role in navigating these complex legal issues. unlawfully.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2025

Trump, Sauer wrote, should not be forced to delegate his executive power to agency heads who are demonstrably at odds with the Administrations policy objectives for a single day much less for the months that it would likely take for the courts to resolve this litigation. The Supreme Courts recent decisions in Seila Law v. Senior U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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. Hampton Dellinger was appointed to serve as the head of the Office of Special Counsel in 2024 by then-President Joe Biden. declined to intervene.

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