One CFPB Challenge is Enough for Supreme Court, U.S. Says

The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a second challenge to the CFPB’s leadership structure.

All American Check Cashing Inc.’s concerns about the constitutionality of the CFPB’s single director leadership structure and for-cause removal protection for the director would be addressed in a case the Supreme Court had already agreed to hear, the two agencies said in a brief filed Nov. 7.

“Granting review in this case would do nothing to enhance the court’s consideration of the issue,” the Justice Department and CFPB brief said.

The Supreme Court in October ...