Court Ruling Curtailing Government Power in Fannie/Freddie Case Wins Praise from CEI General Counsel
Competitive Enterprise Institute General Counsel Sam Kazman praised a Friday, Sept. 6 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit related to the federal government’s ongoing seizure of profits rightfully belonging to shareholders of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The court’s en banc ruling in Collins v. Mnuchin held the Federal Housing Finance Agency unconstitutional. A majority of the Circuit ruled that because the agency’s director could only be removed by the president “for cause,” this violated the President’s removal power under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
In issuing this ruling, the court relied heavily on a 2010 Supreme Court case in which CEI had acted as co-counsel, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In that earlier case, the Supreme Court found that the president’s power to remove agency heads at will, rather than for cause, was essential to restraining congressional power and the growth of the administrative state.
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman stated:
“In the interest of protecting citizens and businesses from abuse of government power, we are glad to see the Free Enterprise case have this restraining impact on a new federal agency. We believe there are other agencies, chief among them the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that are ripe for similar challenges on this ground.”
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Mnuchin Must Bring Transparency to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Source: https://cei.org/content/court-ruling-curtailing-government-power-fanniefreddie-case-wins-praise-cei-general-counsel
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