Dear Friend,

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is about to be handed a chance to
kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—the agency that
Elizabeth Warren has called her "proudest achievement."

During Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, one of the opinions he held up
as an example of how he would rule was an attack against the CFPB. Now he
wants to act as if he can be impartial while ruling on an almost identical
case at the Supreme Court concerning the Bureau.

Kavanaugh needs to recuse himself from this case immediately. Demand
Progress is collecting signatures urging him to stand aside. If we don’t
step in now, one of our greatest protections against predatory lenders
could be lost.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to call on Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself and help
protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

The CFPB was established as part of the Dodd-Frank Act to protect us from
the kind of bank scams and predatory credit cards that helped contribute
to the 2008 financial crisis.

When Kavanaugh served on a federal court, he heard PHH Corp v. Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, a case that called into question the
constitutionality of the CFPB itself.

Not only did Kavanaugh vote against the CFPB (although he was outvoted by
the other judges), he used the case to write a lengthy opinion on the
power of the executive branch to oversee—and undo—the regulations behind
it. He called the case one of the most significant decisions of his
career.^1

Now Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court, and another case against the CFPB
was just heard by him—Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau. The case threatens the very existence of the CFPB.^2

There is no way we can trust Kavanaugh to be impartial in this case and
hear both sides fairly.

We need to pressure Kavanaugh to recuse himself for his bias against the
CFPB. Will you donate to help protect this critical agency?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate to help call on Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself from
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau case.

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. ScotusBlog, "Kavanaugh on the executive branch: PHH Corp. v. Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau," [ [link removed] ]August 8, 2018
2. CNBC, "Progressive groups demand that Brett Kavanaugh recuse himself
from Supreme Court case over financial regulator," [ [link removed] ]December 18, 2019
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