Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8

Infuriating thing was, this judge was clearly shopped for, but he kicked the case to the DC district Court instead of Texas. He himself even accused the banks of venue shopping in the ruling when he did so! Unfortunately the DC district court sent it right back and said he still had to take the case. He should have recused himself at that pont anyways given his stock holdings and things, but he now decides to reward the the banks for their venue shopping he's clearly aware of. Judiciary is rotten.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-judge-moves-fee-case-232103686.html

It doesn't matter to them. They think all they have to say is "Genocide Joe" and they've made their argument.

I'm more willing to give Biden credit when he's blocked by trump appointed judges than I am when he's blocked in the senate by members of the party he nominally heads.

We don't yet know if he actually did anything here or not, we will find out when the legal challenges are done. On one hand, it may survive, in which case something was actually accomplished, on the other hand, Biden may have wasted a whole bunch of people's time and clogged up the courts even more than they already are.

Also a good example of how executive orders are not the end-all-be-all solution for problems that could in theory be solved by the executive alone. We shouldn't be blaming Biden for not doing things that ultimately are the responsibility of legislative inaction.

It's still bullshit that this was blocked, and definitely raises suspicion that the judge in question is bought and paid for by the banking industry, or at the very least, a Trump appointee who doesn't think twice about looking the other way if it helps Don the Con.

Not sure if this is a joke or pure delusion

Yeah, better than nothing, but wouldn't have been enough.

Another example why it never pays off to go after moderate solutions. Republicans will fight everything equally as hard, so why not actually try for a lot?

At least then when things actually make it, they cause a difference

Without late fees there is no incentive to pay on time. I don't understand the rationale to remove them entirely, though regulating maximums makes sense.

... 10 billion. It says so in the summary.

It shocks me that people are still shocked that American Christians dont read the bible or have any idea whats in it.

Especially when they, as a group, spend damn near every waking moment violating mathrew 6:5-6:8

This kind of stuff is absolutely the number one failure of Democrats. They want to play fair and by the rules, so when there's opposition to their appointments they just lie down and accept it until the Republicans get exactly who they want. Meanwhile the Republicans will lie, cheat, and slander their way to anything they want, including getting ultra-conservatives in on positions that aren't supposed to be political.

Biden's been way better in this regard which is part of what makes him way better than previous Democrat presidents. But I still don't have high hopes for "the party of compromise" in getting progressives in these kinds of positions. In particular, we all remember what happened at the end of Obama's presidency with supreme court judges and Roe v Wade.

I remember how frequent "legislating from the bench" came up on the news - Is the GOP up in arms about this one?

It's a federal judge, Texas is incidental here

And Democrats do nothing to stop them. 🤷

US Chamber of Commerce is a Conservative lobby group with a name meant to sound innocuous. Local CoCs run the gamut but are generally for small to mid businesses to network and collectively engage when the local government. Kinda like a union but for bosses.

It's just a made up private company like the better business bureau. The try to seem official or related to government but it's just another company.