Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is about to be handed a chance to kill Elizabeth Warren’s proudest achievement: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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.

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?

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

Sources:

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

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