Court rules consumer bureau’s structure unconstitutional

Published October 11, 2016 3:23pm ET



The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is “unconstitutionally structured” and must be reorganized, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the new consumer agency, created by Congress in 2010, cannot be headed by a single director who can be removed only for cause by the president.

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