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

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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!