Leandra English has filed suit, and a temporary restraining order against Mick Mulvaney & Trump

[HipChick]

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[dalton99a]

1. Excellent

[Sneederbunk]

2. Mulvaney probably wishes he had thought of that.

[Gothmog]

3. Trump keeps on losing these lawsuits.

This will be fun to watch

[grantcart]

15. Yeah but this is short term only unfortunately

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Good for her! A very smart move indeed. n/t

[marble falls]

5. "John Michael Mulvaney in his capacity as a person claiming to be acting director"....

I hope she makes even bigger monkeys out of them than they already are!!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

9. LOLLLLLL on 'person CLAIMING to be...'

[marble falls]

10. Funniest thing I've ever read in a lawsuit. Too good to be true!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

11. I wish they'd said, '...THING claiming to be...'

[marble falls]

12. We got solid gold and you're looking for platinum???

[CurtEastPoint]

25. LOL! You are right!

[Takket]

6. RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sheshe2]

7. Excellent move.

[nolabear]

8. Front lines of the battle.

I don’t know what will come of this but I’m glad responsible people are fighting this damned travesty.

[NBachers]

13. This is historically big

[meow2u3]

14. MULVANEY in his capacity as the person claiming to be acting director

Very brilliantly worded!

[pangaia]

16. Bravo.. that's the way to go to war

[irisblue]

17. Don't give an inch.

Brooks Brothers riot any one?

[lindysalsagal]

18. OK! Anyone know what's going on? Consumer Protection????

Eliminating banking oversight?

[sarah FAILIN]

19. Look at the tweets

Basically the CFPB has been making life very hard for the banking industry.. Imagine that, protecting the consumers instead of the banks.. how dare they ? Except for it being, ya know, their job.

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[lindysalsagal]

21. Fuckers. Like they haven't broken enough laws, yet.

[IronLionZion]

28. "Financial Institutions have been devastated"

Yeah, except for their record profits and stock prices.

[Nevernose]

22. Head of the CFPB gave his notice

Which, under every scrap of American law that I've ever heard of, doesn't go into effect until he his notice says he's quit. I.e., two weeks notice is just that: notice.

Trump's Office of Legal Council, working under the direction of Sessions, decided that wasn't accurate.

Last week the head of the CFPB gave his two weeks' notice. Friday, a week before his resignation, he appointed an assistant/deputy. Sneaky, but totally legal.

The 2010 law says that the CFPB gets to appoint the first deputy, and that the first deputy is automatically promoted to be acting director when the sitting director left (probably done because the ATF hasn't had a director since roughly 1066 AD).

Trump's Office of Legal Council has made up a bunch of bullshit, citing a 1998 law. It's clearly bullshit. Painfully obvious bullshit. Malpractice-worthy bullshit. Goes against precedent, common sense, the general & specific rules, and the law itself: both the 1998 law cited and the 2010 revision.

But with Gorsuch, who knows what will happen?

[Nevernose]

20. The chutzpah on Trump's legal team is astounding

If they didn't know that they had a friend in Gorsuch, this would be laughed out of court.

Under almost any other circumstances, the opinion issued by the Office of Legal Council might be grounds for a vexatious litigation complaint, referrals to the bar, sanctions, that kind of shit. Who pays their malpractice insurance? Us, probably. If they were my lawyer and they gave this kind of patently dubious advice, I'd sue for malpractice way before Leandra English could have filed her complaint.

Here's the Office of Legal Counsel's argument, for the record and so you can see for yourself.

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/attachments/2017/11/25/cfpb_acting_director_olc_op_0.pdf

It violates precedent and the Plain Meaning rule so valued by "Originalists." It goes against the general rules that the newer law takes precedent, that the specific takes place over the general and mandatory language over the permissive. It violates both the implied intent of the 1998 congress and their stated intent. It violates not only common sense, but the plainest possible interpretation of the law.

These people, assuming they didn't go to Heritage University, should be completely fucking ashamed of themselves. Embarrassed. Humiliated. Afraid to go to Starbucks because they think people might recognize them and their shittiness.

But, again: Gorsuch completely changes things. Thanks, Susan Sarandon!

[Upthevibe]

23. Cool move.......n/t

[Nevernose]

24. Im honestly not sure what that means

Either because I’m obtuse in general, or, in the immortal words of Danny DeVito, I’m “donkey brained.”

[Demit]

26. I think she meant to reply to the OP about Ms English's move

and just clicked on your comment instead.

Your comment is GREAT, by the way, and made me lol.

[Gothmog]

27. From Prof. Tribe

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[Midnight Writer]

29. How convincing does it need to be? Republicans control the courts and the legislature.

[Honeycombe8]

30. Great! At least we're fighting back. Pathetic the admin. has to be sued like this. Shameful. nt

[Gothmog]

31. This brief will be fun to read

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