This Trump needs to be deposed asap along with Pence and his cabinet picks.

Deliberate destruction of the Fed Gov.

He will lose once again. He doesn't give a shit about laws, it's his way or the highway, in that perverted little tiny orange brain,

We are SO fucked.

Adding the phrase "amid confusion" to anything relating to the #FuckingMoron is really not necessary...

The most recent ruling (DC circuit about a year ago) was that the CFPB's structure (specifically the independence of the director from the White House and Congress) was unconstitutional... and that the President could sack the director at will.

He'll probably die of gout like Henry VIII, with his family embroiled in a battle royale over the ill-gotten loot..

He wants to be King/Dictator. He's already a tyrant. We need to hit him on multiple fronts: Congressional Democrats, U.S. judges, and most importantly, us, taking to the streets.

That is his night cap and PJs.

He does not get to make rules, he executes them.

He can appoint a permanent replacement, but until Senate confirmation, English is the acting director.

He just has to wait for Senate approval. And they could push that through in 2 weeks if they wanted to.

Regardless, by appointing Mulvaney, Trump has effectively hamstrung Leandra English from making substantive decisions until this is resolved.

Trump is still a douchebag fucktard regardless, and it's a true travesty what this administration is going to do to this agency.

established as a dictatorship. The time has come for the Democrats to go hard core against the Republican Party and Republicans in Congress and tie Trump around their scrawny necks to suffocate the life out of them. Stop being nice and bring out the political napalm and nukes.

I'm assuming Leandra English has the key

What the courts say means everything.

I find it interesting that he is willing to take his point man on Tax cuts off the job for this fight. He must be confident in the Turtle and Eddie Munster delivering the bill to him.

Reportedly, he can hold both positions.

He picked Mulvaney because he has already been confirmed by the Senate, albeit narrowly and to a different agency. The FVA of 1998 says he can appoint anyone who has already been approved by the Senate to a different open position.

Dodd-Frank says the deputy takes over in the absence of the director, Trump just appointed another director that has already been passed through the Senate (in their argument making him immediately available to be appointed under the provisions of the FVA of 1998).

It could easily be interpreted that the deputy acts as director until the President makes an appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate. The FVA of 1998 gives the President authority to immediately appoint someone as an agency director if they have already passed the Senate, even if for a different position.

I'm not sure how this one will settle out. If deemed necessary, the Senate will likely re-approve him for the position anyway, long before any final determination is reached by the courts.