Sign this petition re: Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh must recuse himself from ruling on Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, since he ruled on the underlying legal question in another case. He is clearly not impartial.

Dear MoveOn member,

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.¹

We are 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.

The law states that "no judge shall hear or determine an appeal from the decision of a case or issue tried by him."²

Brett Kavanaugh must recuse himself from ruling on Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, since he ruled on the underlying legal question in another case. He is clearly not impartial.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protects us from scams and predatory lenders. In its first six years, the CFPB won $11.9 billion in relief to consumers.³ A payday lender has brought a case that threatens the existence of the CFPB—and Justice Kavanaugh is poised to help the payday lender win. We can't let the CFPB's existence be threatened by a man who faced 83 ethics complaints.

We urge Justice Brett Kavanugh to recuse himself from Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He has already ruled on the underlying legal question in this case in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Brett Kavanaugh must recuse himself from this case. It is clear he is not impartial.

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Thanks for all you do.

—Robert Cruickshank, Demand Progress

Sources:

1. "Seila Law LLC vs. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," SCOTUSblog, June 28, 2019
https://act.moveon.org/go/115657?t=9&akid=254782%2E10220574%2ECE2oMH

2. "28 U.S. Code 47. Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal," Legal Information Institution, accessed January 24, 2010
https://act.moveon.org/go/115663?t=11&akid=254782%2E10220574%2ECE2oMH

3."Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: By the Numbers," CFBP, July  2017
https://act.moveon.org/go/115660?t=13&akid=254782%2E10220574%2ECE2oMH

 

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