Court of Appeals Ruling Protects CFPB Director from At-Will Removal
An appeals court recently said that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should act with the same degree of independence as other financial regulators.
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An appeals court recently said that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should act with the same degree of independence as other financial regulators.
An Atlanta VA employee, indicted by a Federal grand jury on 50 counts of making false statements in connection with performing his official duties, was indefinitely suspended by the agency pending the outcome of the criminal case against him.
The author says that while well-intentioned, the military’s use of Special Victim’s Counsels to aid sexual assault victims can create a Constitutional dilemma.
A former IRS employee was sentenced for misusing his government health benefits in an effort to obtain opiate drugs.
Following a court’s order to undo the removal of the National Secretary-Treasurer of AFGE, Eugene Hudson, the union tried to get the court to issue an emergency stay of its order so the union could have time to fire him again. The court declined to do so and its order to reinstate Hudson to his national office still stands.
Internal politics at AFGE, which represents more Federal employees than any other union in the Federal sector, are getting interesting.
The author says that a recent case regarding a security clearance involves a political decision from a judge that he says ultimately harms the agency’s mission.
A Defense Department police officer got in trouble with the law in California. Before his plea deal came about, the Department took action….three times…but only the second removal action made it through on appeal.
A Spanish language translator who was fired by SSA demanded he be provided an interpreter during the appeal, and failure to do so amounted to denial of due process.
Are administrative law judges allowed to issue final decisions in adjudicative and administrative hearings? The Supreme Court is looking at the issue.