ShareIn the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress consolidated the task of enforcing federal consumer finance laws into one agency. It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers in the marketplace and, in part, regulate predatory financial products, like the high-risk mortgages that had contributed to the crash....

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: US Supreme Court prepares for new term under ethics cloud (Andrew Chung, Reuters)  From bananas to baby socks, lawyers stick to routines before arguments (Mark Sherman, The Associated...

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times) Supreme Court rejects Alabama GOP redistricting appeal, clearing way for Dem pickup...

ShareThe Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s request to allow it to use a congressional map in the 2024 elections that a lower court had concluded likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The brief unsigned order, from which there were no public dissents, came less than four months after a divided Supreme Court agreed that the 2021 iteration of...

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Texas death row inmate at mercy of supreme court – and junk science (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)  Why Thousands Of Prisoners Could Be Spared Because Of A Supreme Court Case Over The Word...

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: The Supreme Court will hear a case with a lot of ‘buts’ & ‘ifs’ over the meaning of ‘and’ (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press) Justice Kagan Calls for the Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethics...