Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Firing Fed’s Lisa Cook in 5-4 Ruling, But Expands His Reach
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a 5-4 decision, yet the same court handed the president broader power to fire the leaders of other federal agencies. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberals, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The four remaining conservative justices dissented. The decision rejected Trump’s request to pause a lower court order that had blocked Cook’s termination while she fights her dismissal in court.