State AGs File Amicus Brief In Support Of Union Challenging CFPB Shutdown

As the Trump administration continues its efforts to scale back federal agencies, we expect to see increased efforts by state attorneys general to both combat the Trump administration's efforts and fill the regulatory void left by the administration's sweeping changes to the federal regulatory landscape.

On February 21, 2025, state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of the National Treasury Employees Union's legal challenge to the Trump administration's virtual shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Led by New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., 23 attorneys general joined the brief arguing that the Trump administration's "actions to effectively shutter the CFPB go well beyond the normal shift in enforcement priorities that accompanies any change in presidential administration—they amount to a total dereliction ofallmandatory statutory duties." The dereliction of mandatory duties, according to the brief, will cause