Supreme Court rejects CFPB funding challenge that was too extreme for even Clarence Thomas
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Supreme Court rejects CFPB funding challenge that was too extreme for even Clarence Thomas

It's a sign that your legal theory is too extreme when Justice Clarence Thomas leads a lopsided majority in rejecting it. That just happened in a case that highlights not the greatness of the Supreme Court but, instead, the radicalism of the even-further-right 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which the Thomas-led court had to reverse. The appeal involved a payday lender-backed challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Breaking new ground, a Donald Trump-...