The justices have signaled in the past that the Fed may be uniquely protected from presidential meddling. The Supreme Court repeatedly questioned a lawyer for the Trump administration about whether the president exceeded his authority in firing a member of the Federal Reserve board,

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in September ruled that Trump's attempt to remove Cook without ​notice ‌or a hearing likely violated her right ‍to due process under the ⁠U.S.

The legality of Trump’s push to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook was already one of the biggest issues of the court’s term. A probe into Chair Jerome H. Powell has raised the stakes.

The daughter of a nursing professor and hospital chaplain, Cook ‍was among the initial Black students to desegregate ​the schools that she and her sisters attended in rural Mi

The Supreme Court heard arguments over Trump's efforts to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. The case has broad implications for the economy.

US Supreme Court justices suggested they are wary of President Donald Trump’s effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over unproven mortgage-fraud allegations, saying the move could upend the Fed’s independence and rattle markets.

The justices are due to hear arguments over Trump's request to lift a lower court judge's ​decision barring him from firing Cook while her legal challenge to the removal continues. The justices in October agreed to hear the dispute,

Even the conservative justices had no qualms about tearing Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s arguments to shreds.