A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration could proceed with plans to fire most employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), allowing layoffs to resume. This decision, pending further review, stated that a lower court lacked jurisdiction in temporarily blocking the firings. The ruling underlines ongoing conflict over the CFPB's future, with the Trump administration attempting to dismiss 1,500 of its 1,700 employees. A dissenting judge cautioned against the president's potential elimination of the bureau altogether.
The ruling will not take immediate effect, the court said on Friday, to allow lawyers representing workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and consumer groups to file for a review of the case by the full circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia.
Russell Vought, director of the office of management and budget and the architect of Project 2025, was appointed acting director of the CFPB in February.
The Trump administration has tried to fire 1,500 of the agency's 1,700 employees, marking a significant maneuver in the ongoing legal battle over the fate of the CFPB.
Dissenting Judge Cornelia Pillard stated it is emphatically not within the discretion of the President or his appointees to decide that the country would benefit most if there were no Bureau at all.
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