{"id":20351,"date":"2026-01-21T19:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/supreme-court-signals-stop-to-trump-fed-shake-up\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:03:08","slug":"supreme-court-signals-stop-to-trump-fed-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/supreme-court-signals-stop-to-trump-fed-shake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court signals stop to Trump, Fed shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled it is unlikely to let President Trump immediately remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with justices across the ideological spectrum warning that such a move could shatter the central bank\u2019s long-standing independence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_75983579bbebf80811a0e6d9ed63d117\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During roughly two hours of argument, key justices questioned whether Trump\u2019s unproven allegation that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud before joining the Fed rose to the level of \u201ccause\u201d required by law to fire a Fed governor.<\/li>\n<li>The case has become a flashpoint in a broader clash over presidential power and monetary policy.<\/li>\n<li>The dispute comes as the administration has escalated attacks on the central bank, including a Justice Department investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Times, the argument spanned roughly two hours. During the back-and-forth, key justices questioned whether Trump\u2019s unproven allegation that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud before joining the Fed rose to the level of \u201ccause\u201d required by law to fire a Fed governor. <\/p>\n<p>Several suggested the case was premature, citing unresolved factual disputes and concerns that Cook had not been given adequate notice or a chance to respond. A ruling allowing her to remain in place for now would effectively freeze Trump\u2019s efforts to reshape the Fed.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The case has become a flashpoint in a broader clash over presidential power and monetary policy. While the court\u2019s conservative majority has recently allowed Trump to oust leaders of other independent agencies, justices appeared wary of extending that logic to the Fed, which Congress deliberately insulated from politics to protect interest-rate setting and financial stability. <\/p>\n<p>Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett warned that accepting Trump\u2019s position could open the door to presidents firing Fed officials \u201cat will,\u201d undermining confidence in the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute comes as the administration has escalated attacks on the central bank, including a Justice Department investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump has repeatedly criticized over interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Lower courts have already sided with Cook, finding that alleged private conduct before her appointment cannot justify removal. The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks or months, a decision that could define how far presidents can go in exerting control over the nation\u2019s most powerful economic institution.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled it is unlikely to let President Trump immediately remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with justices across the ideological spectrum warning that such a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20353,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20351\/revisions\/20353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}