Cordray.

Just look at the Cabinet.

I was sad when I saw he was retiring, knowing all the good work he and his agency have done in the face of an increasingly hostile political environment. This is just proof that he was the right man for the job, his due diligence to provide the maximum protection he could for the populace is another mark in his favor.

Is Cordray retiring to run for elective office?

Resist!

Obama, certainly. Who else is he honoring?

Principals can honor principles, but principles cannot honor principals.


No thanks, I can show my self out.

I live in Cordray's hometown and he's has my respect for a looong time into the future for this as well as all he's done to help consumers

Huff Po link to same announcement

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mulvaney-interimhead-consumer-bureau_us_5a18c06ee4b064948074802b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

They're two different concepts.

When you say someone is absent or unavailable in this context, there's an insinuation that the person still 'has the job', but they are temporarily indisposed from being able to carry out their duties.

Further backing that reading of the law is the use of the word 'Acting' ... which also implies a temporary status rather than 'taking over the job'.

I think the law might have to explicitly say that if a Director leaves/retires, the Deputy automatically becomes the Director ... for us to win the case in court. Esp. if the court deciding the matter ... is already right-leaning ...

I find myself breathing a sigh of relief.