Consumer Case Could Open Door to Corporate Influence

Expand A general view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., as seen on October 4, 2019. © Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA; Sipa via AP Images When Americans vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, one of the issues at stake is corporate power. That same day the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could open the floodgates to greater politicization and corporate influence in government. The case, Seila Law v. CFPB, challenges the constitutionality of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the independent agency charged with protecting US consumers…

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