Todd Phillips
tphillips.bsky.social
Todd Phillips
@tphillips.bsky.social
Banking and administrative law. Independent policy consultant. Future Robinson College. Fellow Roosevelt Institute. Fmr CAP, FDIC, ACUS.
If only swaps pushout hadn't been repealed everything would be different!

I can't tell if I'm joking or not.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Success! Thank you, BlueSky!
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wait wut?
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
He doesn't even have to negotiate. He and the other Republicans can just nuke the filibuster, as they've done for practically everything else.
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Boy, do I hear you.
October 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
But will the courts? Tbd...
October 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
To be clear, we need not choose between progressive policies and independent regulators; independence does not mean serving the interests of regulated industries over those of the public. It simply means being able to act without fear or favor.
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oooooh!
September 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If they lose on for cause, they're not going to go for broke is my point.
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sure, sure. To be clear, I have no idea. I filed a brief in Vullo on the side of Vullo, so that shows just how much law I know.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
FWIW, on remand the 2d Circuit held that Vullo had qualified immunity. I'm not a QI scholar, but I could imagine Carr getting it here, too.
September 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sure sure. I'm not sure they care. Everyone was telling them that removing a fed Governor would cause markets to go haywire, and we're seeing that's not the case. Will they realize that it's because markets see Cook as still serving? I don't think so.
September 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why does that put them in a pickle? The majority seems content with declaring what the law is but preventing courts from getting involved adjudicating cases involving them.

Applied here, the argument is that the for cause removal exists, but it's not for courts to adjudicate.
September 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
All good. I don't tackle exactly with the problem you're wrestling with, but I do argue that courts explicitly went against the congressional intent of having strong, progressive banking laws when they gave Chevron defence to the OCC and Fed.
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM