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Administrative/Regulatory,
Constitutional Law,
Government

Dec. 1, 2017

The CFPB and the swamp

Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau whose tenure was marked by one constitutional controversy after another, handed the courts a new constitutional controversy on his way out the door the Friday after Thanksgiving.

John C. Eastman

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence c/o Chapman Law School

1 University Dr
Orange , CA 92866

Phone: (714) 628-2587

Email: jeastman@chapman.edu

Univ of Chicago Law School

Dr. John C. Eastman is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law, and founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

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The CFPB and the swamp
Richard Cordray at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's office in Washington, Aug. 8. (New York Times News Service)

FIRST PRINCIPLES

Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau whose tenure was marked by one constitutional controversy after another, handed the courts a new constitutional controversy on his way out the door the Friday after Thanksgiving. He hand-picked his own successor, named her acting deputy director on his last day in office. This allowed her to claim that she is the acting director now that Cordray has vacate...

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