Appeals panel temporarily halts order blocking Trump admin from dismantling CFPB

A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused an order blocking the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the administration’s emergency request for an administrative stay, noting the government’s representation that CFPB will remain open and perform its legally required duties as litigation continues.

The judges must now decide whether to halt U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson‘s order preserving the agency longer term. Oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday.
Jackson, the lower court judge, last week blocked the administration from stopping work and firing employees and ordered the reinstatement of previously terminated workers. She also blocked the destruction of any CFPB records and ordered the recission of any “wholesale” contract cancellations issued on or after Feb. 11.

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