There are 16 cases that should go forward because of the Supreme Court ruling confirming the Bureau’s constitutionality. It’s been slow going.
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‘Brown’ at 70
The rhetorically modest but functionally powerful ruling that ended segregation shouldn’t be misused to forestall other efforts at racial equality.
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The CFPB Ruling Strikes a Blow for Governing
Instead of giving in to cynicism, Congress created an agency to protect consumers. The Supreme Court declined to overrule it.
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This Week on ‘Ask the Supremes’: Do Menendez and Cuellar Have Congressional Immunity?
Today on TAP: If there’s presidential immunity, why not congressional?
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Sam Bankman-Fried Is Not Entirely Wrong
FTX’s victims are getting up to 143 percent of their money back, because the system treated it like the fraud it was. As the Steward case shows, that’s not usually how bankruptcy works.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Trump Compares Himself to Nelson Mandela
On our weekly live show, David Dayen and Hassan Kanu discuss the ongoing Trump trials.
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Judge Hearing Noncompete Cases Holds Stock in Companies That Use Noncompetes
Judge J. Campbell Barker’s stock portfolio is a spreadsheet full of conflicts of interest.
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Nine Solitary Studies
Over 11,000 people incarcerated at the Federal Bureau of Prisons spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. The BOP wants to keep examining the issue.