CFPB Dismantling
3 proceedings tracked · Active
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose constitutionality was already upheld by the Supreme Court in Seila Law (2020), was effectively shuttered in early 2025 when the Trump-appointed director ordered staff to cease work and froze all supervisory and enforcement activity. Employee unions and consumer advocates challenged the shutdown as violating the Dodd-Frank Act's mandatory supervisory functions and as an unlawful impoundment of appropriated funds. The CFPB's unique funding structure created a novel legal argument that impoundment law does not directly apply.
CFPB Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-00381
Primary D.D.C. CFPB shutdown challenge in which the court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the Bureau to resume its statutory supervisory and enforcement functions.
CFPB Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-00458
Related D.D.C. proceeding challenging the CFPB operational freeze that has reached a final decided disposition on the threshold claims.
CFPB Dismantling
Case No. 6:25-cv-02384
Later-filed challenge to continuing CFPB shutdown and enforcement suspension raising Dodd-Frank statutory claims in an additional circuit.