Does she keep her job while the case plays out or is she cooked?
> Does she keep her job while the case plays out or is she cooked?
We may very well have multiple people claiming legal authority to vote at the FOMC.
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Every time a judge has intervened in Trump’s actions the majority in SCOTUS has called off any chance of real confrontation or consequences.
They allow the cases to continue but it’s almost a joke as everyone still ends up fired or funding cut so it’s effectively green lighting any executive action.
[dupe] Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020924
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/trump-removing-federa...
"Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, responded by saying she has done nothing wrong and Trump cannot fire her."
And:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Banking Committee, said in a statement: “The illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook is the latest example of a desperate President searching for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans. It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and must be overturned in court.”