Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Fed Firing But Allows Removals at Other Agencies
The ruling preserves Fed independence for now while giving Trump broader authority to remove leaders of other independent agencies.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook cannot be fired immediately by the president without legal cause, keeping a lower court's block on her removal active for the time being.
- Decided by a narrow 5–4 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court's three liberal justices to protect the central bank's independent standing.
- While shielding the Federal Reserve, the conservative majority simultaneously ruled 6–3 in a companion case involving the Federal Trade Commission, vastly expanding executive power across other parts of the government.
- This secondary ruling effectively overturned a 91-year-old legal precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, which had historically prevented presidents from firing the leaders of independent regulatory agencies at will.
- Moving forward, the White House now holds the constitutional authority to summarily dismiss the heads of almost all independent federal commissions, leaving the Federal Reserve as a rare exception.
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Three setbacks, but one major victory for Donald Trump: that is the balance following the US Supreme Court's ruling in four cases. The highest court grants the president the right to fire the head of agencies, except in the case of the central bank. It also blocks an attempt to restrict voting by mail and refuses to review a lawsuit regarding sexual assault by the president.
The Supreme Court of the United States opposed Donald Trump on Monday and held Governor Lisa Cook, a representative of the U.S. Central Bank (Fed), to the U.S. president trying to revoke her, reports AFP.
Supreme Court: Trump may fire heads of independent agencies, but not the Federal Reserve
The court's conservatives said the president had the authority to remove all officials who wield executive authority, even if the agency officials had fixed terms set by law.
High court issues split decisions on Trump’s control of executive board members
Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook, left, and Rebecca Slaughter, right, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. (Photos courtesy of Federal Reserve Board and Federal Trade Commission) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump both a win and a loss Monday in allowing his firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, but ruling that he cannot remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of go…
The Supreme Court upholds Fed independence by saving Lisa Cook's job—and also saves U.S. debt from a crisis
The Federal Reserve retains a special status in the government that shields it from interference by the White House, the Supreme Court said in a decision that has critical implications for the bond market. Justices ruled 5-4 on Monday President Donald Trump was wrong to try ousting Fed Governor Lisa Cook last August because she didn’t receive due process. Trump’s bid to fire her—the first such attempt ever—came as he was demanding the Fed lower …
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