#SCOTUS allows #LisaCook to remain at #Fed in another loss for #Trump
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Trump’s attempt to immediately fire #FederalReserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for a 5-4 majority.
#law #Independence #economy #democracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/live-news/supreme-court-issues-opinions?post-id=cmqzaxggj00083b6san25wpwi
The ruling is the most consequential case for the Fed’s future, for now fending off the politicization of an institution that’s responsible for being a technocratic steward of the #US #economy. In the end, the decision — which came months after the court struck down Trump’s sweeping emergency #tariffs — suggests that the longstanding principle of #independence for the #Fed was a line that not even #Trump could cross.
However apparently the #FTC is a different matter
#SCOTUS EXPANDS Trump’s power to fire officials, overturning nearly century-old precedent
SCOTUS Monday backed Trump’s firing of a member of the #FederalTradeCommission, a substantial win for the admin’s unprecedented effort to consolidate #power within the #ExecutiveBranch that will have sweeping implications for parts of the government #Congress intended to operate with #independence from presidential #politics.
#law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/live-news/supreme-court-issues-opinions?post-id=cmqzb1tqh00093b6s59itb2ot
…other than at the #FederalReserve, with its role of setting #InterestRates, #SCOTUS held that presidents have free rein to fire agency heads at will, despite #federal #laws that require a #cause for such dismissals & a 91-year-old decision that had limited #executive authority.
With the 6 conservative justices in the majority, the court jettisoned its unanimous decision in #HumphreysExecutor that had limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members….
#law
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-executive-power-trump-firing-cook-7b7676e5a066f8df41077a0920b9f334
The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.
#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy
Exactly.
And that's exactly why the US government was designed to operate this way.
