#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
John Roberts's Court can only say, "Hail, Caesar!" to Donald Trump, whenever he wants to exert his will, no matter how it conflicts with Congress's. He can fire at will any executive agency head - with the sole exception of the federal reserve - regardless of congressional intent.
Absent Supreme Court reform, let's see how long Roberts's "free-reign" for el Presidente lasts when, say, a President Ocasio-Cortez or Mamdani is president.
@huntingdon they said the opposite in rulings Monday...
They rebuffed Trump yet again, and Trump supporters are once again pretty upset at the Court over it.
Funny that a court very much engaged in a political program to expand executive power has over and over rejected invitations to expand executive power.
The rulings don't line up with your theory.
Sometimes executive power win, sometimes they lose. That they're not consistent with the expansion of executive power proposal shows that no, they decide based on other things, as indicated in the opinions themselves.
You're reducing their work to a simple goal that just doesn't hold up to the record.
Your advocacy does not line up with this Court's rulings, especially the unsigned, unreasoned rulings in the Shadow Docket. But thanks for playing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone
ProPublica is not a reliable source. Often enough they seem to be prioritizing sensationalism and advocacy ahead of accuracy in their reporting.
Speaking of, what is MY advocacy?
If you're focusing on the shadow docket then you're missing the major work of the Court. Docket orders are administrative, which is why it don't divert resources explaining reasoning through them.
It does give outfits like ProPublica fodder for misleading the public about how all of this works, though.
If you're not focusing on the Shadow Docket, you're missing the major work of the Supreme Court.
@volkris
LOL. Your perspective on the Roberts's majority is clear from two of your earlier comments:
"This idea of the political Court is one we should be pushing back against as it isn't helathy [sic] or helpful." And this Court is "restoring order."
You're engaging in denialism. The current majority on the Supreme Court is very much engaged in a political program to expand executive power - when wielded by a Republican - built on legal and intellectual dishonesty.