The article argues that rulings by federal judges, especially those nominated by President Trump, are making the affordability crisis worse. It cites a Sixth Circuit decision in Hannah Whitbeck's case, which held that the National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority by ordering Starbucks to pay her damages after she was illegally fired, a ruling affecting Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Judge Drew Tipton blocked a minimum wage increase for federal contractors affecting more than 300,000 people, and Judge Ada Brown struck down a ban on noncompete agreements that affects 30 million Americans. A Texas judge struck down a rule protecting consumers from excessive credit card late fees, which would have saved $10 billion a year, and another Texas judge struck down a federal regulation that would have removed unpaid medical debt from the credit reports of 15 million consumers. Judges also dismissed a class action on behalf of roughly 90,000 Tennessee State Farm policyholders who alleged totaled vehicles were systematically undervalued.
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