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Out of the Separation-of-Powers Frying Pan and Into the Nondelegation Fire: How the Court’s Decision in Seila Law Makes CFPB’s Unlawful Structure Even Worse
Markham S. Chenoweth
Michael P. DeGrandis
Markham S. Chenoweth & Michael P. DeGrandis are General Counsel and Senior Litigation Counsel, respectively, at the New Civil Liberties Alliance.

NCLA filed an amicus curiae brief on the prevailing side in Seila Law.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29, 2020 decision in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fixed a glaring constitutional defect in the way Congress structured the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau).