US EditionTrump administration asks Supreme Court to allow firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration argues the president has broad authority to remove Federal Reserve governors "for cause," challenging the Federal Reserve's independence in a historic legal dispute.
- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook amidst allegations of mortgage fraud.
- Cook, who denies wrongdoing, sued Trump to block her removal, arguing he lacked legal cause to do so.
- Lower courts have barred Trump from firing Cook while her lawsuit plays out, allowing her to remain in her job for now.
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It was an unprecedented attack on the independence of the US Federal Reserve: the dismissal of Fed-Governeur Cook. After a court suspended the dismissal, Trump now moves to the Supreme Court.
The American president wants to remove the banker Lisa Cook from office, but several courts have stopped him so far. It's about the independence of the currency keepers.
DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Shut Down ‘Judicial Interference’ With Trump’s Removal of Fed Governor – CLG News
DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Shut Down ‘Judicial Interference’ With Trump’s Removal of Fed Governor | 18 Sept 2025 | The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to shut down lower courts’ “interference” with President Trump’s efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. In its emergency application for stay, the Trump administration requested that the high court place a temporary pause on a preliminary injunction issued last wee…
The U.S. government wants to enforce President Trump's dismissal of Central Bank Governor Cook with the help of the Supreme Court.
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Pretend It Didn’t Just Tell Him He Can’t Fire The Fed - Above the Law
(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Donald Trump has never been big on the word “no.” Courts have taken judicial notice of this fact. So when the Supreme Court went out of its way to issue a little “advisory opinion dicta,” informing the president that even his puppet majority wouldn’t go along with him firing the Federal Reserve Board, it was only a matter of time before Trump did exactly that and dared the Court to resist. And now, we’re he…
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