
About this episode
Donald Trump got bored during the Super Bowl, and now apparently pennies are illegal. Also, as everything Trump torches the entire executive branch, trial judges aim their garden hoses at the flames to save what they can. Today we'll talk about as many cases as we can cram into an hour. Come for the DOGE take over of Treasury, stay for the Project 2025 shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Links:
ABA STATEMENT on the Rule of Law
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-supports-the-rule-of-law/
When You've Lost Clarence Thomas
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/when-youve-lost-clarence-thomas
New York v. Trump (state Treasury challenge) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623558/state-of-new-york-v-donald-j-trump/
CNN: Trump stopping penny production
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-doge-usaid-news-02-09-25#cm6yd9c61001m3b6no8ip8cc3
Coinage clause annotated
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C5-1/ALDE_00001066/
Coinage Act of 1792
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792
31 U.S.C. § 5112
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112
12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq. (creating CFPB)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V
Sen. Warren Initial Report on the CFPB
https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf
Seila Law, LLC v. CFPB
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14557349188638541514
NTEU V. VOUGHT I docket (CFPB data)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277286/
NTEU V. VOUGHT II docket (CFPB dismantling)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277287/
CFPB v. CFSA
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf
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