Administration Position in SCOTUS Preemption Case Not Surprising
April 13, 2009
Supporters of state rights are disappointed but not surprised by a brief filed by the Obama administration in support of federal preemption of state consumer protection laws in Andrew Cuomo v. The Clearing House Association and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the case, which has intensified the dispute between states and the federal government over state enforcement authority against federally chartered banks. At issue