December 20, 2017 - Despite the unique and unaccountable governance structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), only the president has the legal authority to select the CFPB’s acting director, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has told a federal district court. In a brief filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of...
December 4, 2017 - A dozen states are banding together to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages. Missouri Atty. Gen. Josh Hawley said Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of the states alleging that since California's law took effect in...
December 2, 2017 - Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson is urging Congress to pass a law requiring states to recognize concealed-carry permits from all other states. He joined 22 other state attorneys general, all Republicans, in signing a letter that was sent Friday to congressional leaders. The letter urged federal representatives to pass the...