{"id":8519,"date":"2026-01-21T16:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/even-conservative-supreme-court-justices-cool-to-trump-dismissal-of-the-feds-lisa-cook\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:46:04","slug":"even-conservative-supreme-court-justices-cool-to-trump-dismissal-of-the-feds-lisa-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/even-conservative-supreme-court-justices-cool-to-trump-dismissal-of-the-feds-lisa-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Even conservative Supreme Court justices cool to Trump dismissal of the Fed\u2019s Lisa Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook leaves the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C, after the court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Supreme Court justices across the political spectrum appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump\u2019s swift, informal dismissal of Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, and his effort to influence the independent central bank that governs monetary policy in the United States.<\/p>\n

The oral arguments Wednesday drew a high-profile appearance in the courtroom of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell \u2014 now a target of a Department of Justice investigation. For months prior to the federal probe, Trump has threatened to fire Powell if the chair did not quickly lower interest rates.<\/p>\n

For two hours, the justices heard arguments over whether Cook could remain on the board, as a lower court\u00a0ruled<\/a>, while litigation continues examining if Trump violated a \u201cfor cause\u201d removal statute when he fired her over social media in late August.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump alleged in an Aug. 25 letter posted to his Truth Social platform that Cook committed financial fraud by lying on mortgage loan documents. Trump declared he had \u201csufficient cause\u201d to remove Cook based on alleged \u201cdeceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the Federal Reserve Act, the president can only remove board governors \u201cfor cause\u201d \u2014 as designed by Congress in an effort to preserve the central bank\u2019s independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump claims his removals of members of independent government agencies are not reviewable by the courts.<\/p>\n

Cook has denied any wrongdoing and\u00a0challenged<\/a> the president, the board and Powell, essentially arguing in court that an \u201cunsubstantiated allegation about private mortgage applications,\u201d submitted prior to her Senate confirmation, does not amount to cause for removal. Cook also argued that Trump denied her due process in not giving her notice or a chance to respond to his allegations.<\/p>\n

Cook, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has continued to perform her board duties, without interference from Powell.<\/p>\n

Alito questions \u2018hurried manner\u2019 of firing<\/h4>\n

During lengthy questioning of U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson asked what the risk would be in allowing Cook to remain in her job while the administration made its case to the lower courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is: What is the harm of allowing that injunction to remain, because she\u2019s in office now and would just continue?\u201d Brown asked.<\/p>\n

Sauer, Trump\u2019s former personal defense lawyer, said the administration asserts \u201cgrievous, irreparable injury to the public perception, to the Federal Reserve, of allowing her to stay in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have evidence related to the public perception, or is this just the president\u2019s view?\u201d Jackson, a Biden appointee, pressed back.<\/p>\n

Sauer said the evidence regarding Cook\u2019s two separate mortgage applications was contained in Trump\u2019s \u201cdismissal order,\u201d referring to the letter posted on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moments later, Brown asked if Cook was \u201cgiven the opportunity in some sort of formal proceeding to contest that evidence or explain it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot a formal proceeding. She was given an opportunity in public,\u201d Sauer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the world? Like she was supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard that you\u2019re saying was afforded to her?\u201d Brown asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Sauer replied.<\/p>\n

Justice Samuel Alito, one of the high court\u2019s most conservative members, asked Sauer why the removal had to be handled \u201cin such a hurried manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou began by laying out what you claim to be the factual basis for the for-cause removal, but no court has ever explored those facts. Are the mortgage applications even in the record in this case?\u201d asked Alito, who was appointed to the court under President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that the text of the social media post that screenshots the mortgage applications is in the record. I don\u2019t recall if the paperwork itself was in the record,\u201d Sauer said.<\/p>\n

Federal Reserve independence<\/h4>\n

Over several minutes of back-and-forth, Justice Brett Kavanaugh pressed Sauer on the importance of the Federal Reserve\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s talk about the real world downstream effects of this. Because if this were set as a precedent, it seems to me \u2014 just thinking big picture, what goes around, comes around \u2014 all the current president\u2019s appointees would likely be removed for cause on Jan. 20, 2029, if there\u2019s a Democratic president, or Jan. 20, 2033,\u201d argued Kavanaugh, who was appointed during Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really at, at will removal. So what are we doing here?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t predict what future presidents may or may not do,\u201d Sauer replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, history is a pretty good guide. Once these tools are unleashed, they are used by both sides, and usually more the second time around,\u201d Kavanaugh said.<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh later challenged Cook\u2019s lawyer, Paul Clement, over whether his argument was \u201ctilting the balance too far the other direction from where the solicitor general is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clement responded, \u201cThis is a situation where Congress, political animals, one and all, knew better than anyone that the short-term temptations to lower interest rates and have easy money was a disaster in the long term, but was going to be irresistible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so they tied their own hands by taking the Fed out of the appropriations process, and they tied the president\u2019s hands,\u201d the Alexandria, Virginia-based attorney said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement following arguments, Cook said the case is \u201cabout whether the Federal Reserve will set key interest rates guided by evidence and independent judgment or will succumb to political pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cResearch and experience show that Federal Reserve independence is essential to fulfilling the congressional mandate of price stability and maximum employment. That is why Congress chose to insulate the Federal Reserve from political threats, while holding it accountable for delivering on that mandate. For as long as I serve at the Federal Reserve, I will uphold the principle of political independence in service to the American people,\u201d Cook continued in the statement.<\/p>\n

Regulating interest rates \u2014 to cool inflation or stimulate the economy \u2014 is one tool the central bank uses to accomplish its dual mandate on employment and price stability.<\/p>\n

Subpoena issued<\/h4>\n

The arguments occurred just a dozen days after Powell received a federal grand jury subpoena as part of a Department of Justice probe into allegations that he lied to Congress about multi-year renovation costs to the central bank\u2019s District of Columbia headquarters.<\/p>\n

The revelation of a federal investigation of Powell ignited sharp criticism, even from some Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Powell alleged in a rare\u00a0video statement<\/a> that the administration\u2019s \u201cunprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration\u2019s threats and ongoing pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThe threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u00a0first nominated<\/a> Powell in 2017 to head the Federal Reserve, for a four-year term that began in February 2018. Biden reappointed him in 2021, and Powell received overwhelming support in an\u00a080-19<\/a> Senate confirmation vote.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s arguments also came less than two months after the Supreme Court\u00a0heard arguments<\/a> in Trump\u2019s firing of another member of an independent federal agency, Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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