The Supreme Court is considering a case about the constitutionality of how the CFPB (Consumer Finance Protection Bureau) is funded. The constitution’s appropriation clause says this:
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; ....
The radical right 5th Circuit federal appeals court held that the funding mechanism for the CFPB violated the Constitution because it receives funding through the Federal Reserve, rather than appropriations legislation passed by Congress as the radical right argues is required by law.
This case is important because if the Supreme Court sides with the 5th Circuit (~75% chance IMO), not only will the CFPB and its protections for consumers disappear, other federal programs could follow because they are funded about the same way as the CFPB.
What other programs? Medicare, social security, some other federal financial regulatory agencies, the entire Federal Reserve and some others. That would blow a gigantic hole in the entire safety net and regulatory schemes that have protected consumers for decades.
Just a reminder, the radical right Republican Party and radical right brass knuckles capitalists hate consumer protections, civil liberties, labor protections, safety net spending and the federal government generally. Winning this case would constitute a gigantic step forward for corrupt radical authoritarians.
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Christian nationalists hate transgender people: The WaPo writes about radical right attacks on trans kids in Missouri:
“Daddy, do you think God could make me over again as a boy?”
Rabbi Daniel Bogard had just finished reading a story to his 6-year-old twin daughters one evening in 2019 when the older one by 15 seconds asked that question. Bogard wasn’t sure what to say, so he tucked them into bed, kissed them good night and left.
As the months passed, and the child began asking people to use “boy words” to refer to him, cropping his hair short and joining the boys’ soccer team, the change just seemed to make sense. Friends, family and schoolmates accepted him as a boy, and he flourished.
.... this fateful moment three years later .... the rabbi worried what might lie ahead. Bills “to protect children,” as some Republicans described their measures restricting gender-affirming health care and limiting how schools treat gender identity, have become this year’s rallying cry in this state and elsewhere.“Our state is at war with our family,” Bogard said. “It’s not an exaggeration that we are up at night talking about when and how far we might have to flee.”
Over 30 bills are that target transgender and non-heterosexual people are pending in the radical right Missouri legislature. The radicals have a supermajority, so there is nothing to stop all of those bills from passing. The scariest bills make it child abuse to support children and teens seeking medical treatment to help them transition to their preferred gender. There are criminal penalties for providers and possibly parents. Similar bills are pending in 11 other states.
Looks like the Bogards are going to have to leave God’s loving embrace. They need some place where God doesn’t hate and punish chosen innocent children and their parents. At least 12 states similarly hate and target transgendered people, so they probably aren’t suitable.
Qs: Has American Christianity become more harmful than beneficial to (1) society, (2) government, and (3) democracy with civil liberties?
Radical right Christian nationalists praying
in 2015 to keep rampaging, raping transgendered
men out of the lady’s bathroom
or no places?
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