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Posted on 06/23/2026 4:37:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked the Trump administration from immediately moving forward with its plan to dramatically slash the bloated workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by roughly two-thirds.
This is the latest chapter in the ongoing war between President Trump’s mandate to drain the swamp and the entrenched bureaucracy that refuses to die.
The D.C. Circuit granted the administration’s motion to send the case back to the district court for further review of an earlier injunction, but they flat-out refused to lift the stay preventing the workforce reductions from taking effect now.
They also rejected any request to impose a tight deadline on the lower court.
In short: the judges hit the brakes on the very reforms American voters demanded.
The CFPB was rammed through as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, a classic piece of post-2008 crisis overreach pushed by Democrats and Elizabeth Warren.
It was deliberately designed to operate outside normal congressional oversight, funded through the Federal Reserve instead of appropriations.
When President Trump took office for his second term, the agency had ballooned to well over 1,700 employees.
President Trump and his allies have repeatedly pushed for major reforms, arguing the bureau has become a weaponized regulator that burdens businesses and exceeds its statutory authority.
The administration’s revised plan, submitted in late March, aimed to bring that number way down through a Reduction in Force — cutting roughly two-thirds of the workforce, with especially deep cuts to the supervision and enforcement divisions that have long been accused of overreach.
Earlier attempts to cut even deeper (up to 90%) ran into the same wall of lawsuits from federal employee unions and left-wing advocacy groups. The courts have repeatedly stepped in to protect the gravy train.
The Hill reported:
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from immediately cutting the workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the administration’s motion to return the case to the District Court.
However, it rejected the administration’s request to resume staff cuts or impose a deadline on the district judge. The administration argued the appeals court should send the case back to the lower court with a 45-day deadline to reassess an injunction the latter imposed last year — which temporarily halted the mass layoffs.
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Will never understand how the Federal judges assume they have the legal standing to block the Executive Branch from carrying out its duties, or the Trump administration kowtowing to the Federal judges.
How do judges have the ‘authority’ to mandate staffing levels of government agencies? This is ridiculous.
They don’t. This will be overturned on separation of powers criteria............
Because our SCOTUS under Roberts is toothless.
They don’t. This will be overturned on separation of powers criteria.
The D.C. Circuit granted the administration’s motion to send the case back to the district court for further review of an earlier injunction, but they flat-out refused to lift the stay preventing the workforce reductions from taking effect now.
They also rejected any request to impose a tight deadline on the lower court.
Unfortunately Trump could be out of office before the injunction is struck down. And the new administration may not care to go forward with the cuts.
Obstruction of reasoning
This is the latest chapter in the ongoing war between President Trump’s mandate to drain the swamp and the entrenched bureaucracy that refuses to die.
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we are living in an occupied country
Well Trump is to worried about being impeached after the midterms instead of setting an example of a single Federal Court and showing them ok you give shitty rulings you will hold court and offices moved to the Men’s or Women’s bathrooms in the basement. Make life miserable for them, shut off the air conditioning, internet, stop the paychecks..... He won’t do it much like the Iran business...
...offices moved to the Men’s or Women’s bathrooms in the basement. Make life miserable for them, shut off the air conditioning, internet, stop the paychecks.....
Was the judge a real judge or was he/she/it a Democrat?
Unfortunately they are a liberal, that covers all the bases...........
Off topic, but Boasberg sure has been quiet.
Exactly the cure...
These rulings are to make it ok for lower-level subordinates at these alphabet agencies to be insubordinate and do what they want. Not about telling the administration to do anything. It’s to foster revolution and anarchy.
“They don’t. This will be overturned on separation of powers criteria”
They’re just trying to slow it down a little at a time.
I suspect paying 1,700 people costs a lot of money.
That money might be reallocated in a reconciliation bill.
Yet another ILLEGAL way to bring dong down President Trump’s MAGA agenda.
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