Supreme Court weighs Trump bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook
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The Supreme Court will review Trump's effort to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in a first-of-its-kind court clash
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The Supreme Court agreed to take up the case in October, but said Cook could remain in her post pending review — marking a rare instance in which justices on the conservative-majority court have rejected the administration's request for emergency intervention.
That could be in part due to the novelty of the case. If successful, Trump's removal of Cook would mark the first time that a president has ever fired a sitting Fed governor in the bank's 112-year history.
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