Solicitor General Noel Francisco was in an unusual position.
While at the Supreme Court March 3 to defend a civil investigative demand, Francisco was immediately put on the defensive by justices because of the Department of Justice’s atypical legal strategy in Seila Law’s case against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Justices asked Francisco why the DOJ took the unusual decision not to defend a statute passed by Congress.
Read on for highlights of oral arguments which RESPA News attended in Washingon D.C.
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