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NPR - 21 hours 2 min agoThe court's decision means Cook can stay in her position as her challenge to her dismissal plays out in the lower courts.
The Supreme Court is rejecting President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, but did grant him more power over other independent federal agencies in a separate decision. NBC News' Laura Jarrett reports on the two rulings and how the justices differed in their views of the president's authority.
Lisa Cook, the first Black woman on the Fed board, sued Trump after he alleged she misrepresented mortgage information and moved to fire her.
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court expanded the president's authority by removing a 91-year-old precedent intended to prevent politics from interfering with independent regulatory agencies...
NPR - 21 hours 13 min agoIn a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies meant to be a check on his power.
The decision, seen as a win for central bank independence, sends the fight over removal back to the lower courts.
Daily Signal - 21 hours 16 min agoThe Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey's Executor that insulated deep state actors from being fired. “Nearly 250 years ago, the Framers decided to vest ‘[t]he executive Power’ in one person ’a President of the United States of America,'” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “The choice...
The ruling by the Supreme Court means that Lisa Cook will remain as a Federal Reserve governor as her lawsuit challenging Trump's effort to fire her proceeds.
Case focused on White House's March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter US supreme court decisions live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email The US supreme court ruled that Donald Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies or commissions, ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power. The vote in the case of Trump v Slaughter is 6-3, with dissents from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan. Continue reading...
Daily Signal - 21 hours 17 min agoThe Supreme Court held in a 5 4 ruling that the president can't fire members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors without cause. The majority held that Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook violated the statutory requirement that the removal be for cause only. The justices determined that Cook was entitled...
Daily Signal - 21 hours 18 min agoWASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her. The justices turned away...
Dershowitz had accused the news network of making it look like he'd lost his mind'...
The court overturned a 90-year-old precedent that previously shielded members of independent boards from political interference...
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump's firing of Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook on Monday in a 5-4 vote, ruling she can remain on the job as her legal challenge moves forward. Trump became the first president to attempt to fire a Fed board member in its 112-year history when he sacked Cook last year over accusations of mortgage...
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court's three liberal justices...
Trump first tried to fire Cook last year, alleging issues with her personal mortgage, which she denies.
Law enforcement's use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rules US supreme court decisions live updates The US supreme court has ruled that law enforcement's use of sprawling warrants that sweep up smartphone location data requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment, in a boost to critics who view their use as an unconstitutional dragnet. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the majority opinion. Continue reading...
The Supreme Court strengthened President Trump's control over independent agencies in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overruling 91 years of precedent that allowed Congress to insulate certain executive branch officials with firing protections. In an expansion of presidential power, the ruling gives Trump the right to sack Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic appointee who...
The Supreme Court delivered a setback to President Donald Trump, rejecting his attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, while in a separate case giving him a freer hand to exert control over other hitherto independent federal agencies.
WASHINGTON President Trump acted lawfully when he fired former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter last year without cause, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, finding legal protections against such dismissals unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the 6-3 opinion and overturned past precedent restricting presidents from carrying out such firings. “Although it is up to...
The 5-4 majority rejected Republicans' bid to restrict balloting by mail.
Justices find president does not have constitutional authority to fire Federal Reserve governor without cause US supreme court decisions live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email The US supreme court has ruled that Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Reserve governor was unconstitutional, in a landmark ruling that limits a president's authority over the central bank. In its opinion, the court said that Trump does not have the constitutional authority to fire a Fed governor without...
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court formally blocked President Trump’s attempt to dismiss Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a ruling that is likely to reassure markets of the central bank’s independence. Trump attempted to fire Cook, a Biden appointee, on Aug. 25, 2025, via a Truth Social post, citing accusations by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill...
The decision means the US president will now have to pay her the $5m ( 3.6m) in damages she'd been awarded.
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