Hi,

As a survivor of sexual assault, I watched the Kavanaugh confirmation
hearings in horror. But as a consumer who dealt with shady debt collectors
because I struggled to pay medical debt, I’m worried about what Justice
Kavanaugh will do next.

The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that threatens the existence of
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent consumer watchdog
championed by Elizabeth Warren and established as part of the Dodd-Frank
Act.

Along with our allies at Demand Justice and Revolving Door Project, Demand
Progress is calling on Justice Kavanaugh to recuse himself from the case
because he previously ruled on the underlying legal question, making it
clear he is not impartial.^1

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protects us from scams and
predatory lenders.^2 We can’t let its existence be threatened by a man who
faced 83 ethics complaints.^3

If we're going to win, we need to make this a big issue in the media, so
we need as many Demand Progress members as possible to take
action, friend.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Justice Kavanaugh: Recuse yourself from the consumer protection
case brought by a predatory payday lender.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Obama administration
safeguarded consumers from corporate greed.

Back then, the agency won important victories for consumers.

Under the Obama administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
got predatory credit card companies to refund billions of dollars they had
deceptively cheated out of consumers and secured student debt forgiveness
from for-profit colleges.^4

But Trump has worked hard to gut the protections of the agency and have it
protect corporations over consumers.^5

Now, a payday lender has brought a legal case, Seila Law LLC v. Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, that threatens the existence of the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau -- and Justice Kavanaugh is poised to help the
payday lender win.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Justice Kavanaugh: Recuse yourself from the consumer protection
case brought by a predatory payday lender, Seila Law LLC v. Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau.

We call on Justice Kavanaugh to recuse himself from hearing a case on
which he has already made up his mind. 

The law clearly states that judges should recuse themselves when their
impartiality might reasonably be questioned.^6

Brett Kavanaugh has already ruled on the underlying legal question in this
case.^7,8 He cannot plausibly claim to be open to arguments from both
sides.

With enough pressure from Demand Progress members like
you, friend, we can blow up this case in the media to pressure
Kavanaugh to recuse himself.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Justice Kavanaugh: Recuse yourself from the consumer protection
case brought by a predatory payday lender, Seila Law LLC v. Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau.

Thanks for defending consumer protections,

Salma and the team at Demand Progress

 

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Sources:
1. CNBC, "Progressive groups demand that Brett Kavanaugh recuse himself
from Supreme Court case over financial regulator," [ [link removed] ]December 17th, 2019.
2. The White House Under President Barack Obama, "Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau 101: Why We Need a Consumer Watchdog," [ [link removed] ]January 4th,
2012.
3. CNN, "Judicial conduct panel dismisses ethics complaints against Brett
Kavanaugh," [ [link removed] ]August 2nd, 2019.
4. Los Angeles Times, "Consumer bureau chalks up victories," [ [link removed] ]September
18th, 2015.
5. The New Yorker, "The Steady, Alarming Destruction of the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau," [ [link removed] ]February 7th, 2018.
6. Legal Information Institute, "28 U.S. Code § 455.Disqualification of
justice, judge, or magistrate judge," [ [link removed] ]Accessed December 23rd, 2019.
7. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
"PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," [ [link removed] ]October 11th,
2016.
8. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
"PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," [ [link removed] ]January 31st,
2018.
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