washington two lawmakers six consumer advocacy group thursday seek join court case involve u.s. consumer financial watchdog worry president donald trump dismantle agency reach fever pitch democratic senator sherrod brown ohio representative maxine water california petition federal court allow intervene behalf consumer financial protection bureau appeal decision structure unconstitutional meanwhile six group include u.s. public interest research group make similar request rule president able remove cfpb director richard cordray stay pending appeal currently director fire cause file follow request state attorneys general also able intervene case currently whole u.s. court appeal district columbia circuit decide whether review rule case bring mortgage servicer phh corp phh.n could announce take appeal watchers expect early next week republicans want trump remove cordray say director go beyond authority provide cause fire trump meet former texas representative randy neugebauer cfpb critic indicate trump already seek cordray replacement also republican senator deb fischer nebraska recently introduce legislation put commission charge cfpb good chance become law quite lot reason concern say michael burr faculty director university michigan center finance would devastate people support president trump attack dismantle cfpb cfpb create 2010 dodd-frank wall street reform law guard individuals fraud mortgage student loan financial products need permission justice department file case court supreme court mean trump may also ask justice department file brief opposition appeal essentially set two agencies say mark calabria study cfpb conservative cato institute u.s. consumer financial agency 's backers seek fight court