But because no president before #Trump crossed this particular line, the vague standard has never been litigated. Ultimately, #SCOTUS will have to weigh in. Much more than Cook’s employment status hinges on its decision. If #Trump succeeds at firing her & replacing her with a loyalist, he could be just months away from a full-blown #takeover of the #FederalReserve.
#LisaCook, who has NOT been charged with any crime, has promised to sue to keep her job. Her lawyers will likely argue, among other things, that the “for cause” standard requires proof that Cook has engaged in misconduct or poor performance related to her job as a #Fed governor, & that it does not permit the president’s lackeys to go digging through her personal history to gin up a pretext for termination.
The #LisaCook Case Could Be the Whole Ball Game
If #SCOTUS lets #Trump replace Cook with a loyalist, he might soon achieve a full-blown takeover of the #FederalReserve.
Under the law, a president can fire a #Fed governor only “for cause.” To clear that bar, Trump has accused Cook of having made false statements on a mortgage application.
#law #economy #fascism #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/08/lisa-cook-federal-reserve/684013/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxURrjeonvxUycIW0r79pSro
"I have the right to do anything I want to do.’
Happy now, #SCOTUS?
You gave absolute immunity to a sociopathic narcissist. What the hell did you expect?
He'd be a very good boy?
The #RobertsCourt/ #SCOTUS6 WILL GO DOWN IN INFAMY.
Y'all ought to be hounded off the planet.
Ain't nuthin' supreme about Chief Justice John Roberts & his #SCOTUS6 except their supreme perfidy & stupidity.
The #DOJ, which filed the suit in June, says the automatic pause violates a #SCOTUS ruling & impedes the president’s authority to enforce #immigration laws. DOJ has grown increasingly frustrated by rulings blocking #Trump’s agenda, repeatedly accusing #federal #judges of improperly impeding his powers.
The lawsuit was an extraordinary #legal maneuver, ratcheting up the admin’s fight with the federal #judiciary.
In a blunt, 19-page opinion, Judge Lance E. Walker of the Federal District Court in #Maine wrote that particularly after the #SCOTUS decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade, he could neither consider #abortion services a constitutional right nor stop #Congress from advancing laws to defund organizations that provide them.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.med.68510/gov.uscourts.med.68510.31.0.pdf
Justice Jackson described the Thursday #SCOTUS research grant decision as “Calvinball jurisprudence,” referring to “Calvin and Hobbes."
“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this administration always wins.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/supreme-court-justices-trump-lower-court
To know Leonard Leo is to despise him!
Supreme Court Architect Is Pumping Money Into the Midterms
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/leonard-leo-pumping-money-midterms-1235414674/
#SCOTUS in Texas v Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989), & reaffirmed in US v Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990), ruled that due to the #FirstAmendment to the #US #Constitution, it is #unconstitutional for a #government (whether #federal, #state, or #municipal) to prohibit the desecration of a #flag, due to its status as "symbolic speech."
#law #FreeSpeech #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/310
#History #CitizensUnited #Extremisism #Democracy #Redistricting #Obstruction #Purge #Voting #SCOTUS #Corruption #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 8/24/25
TO THE REST OF THE WORLD DEMOCRACIES, THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE, LEADING TO TRUMP
#History #Extremisism #Democracy #Elections #Gingrich #Purge #Voting #Gore #Bush #SCOTUS #Corruption #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 8/24/25
GINGRICH FLIPS HOUSE AND REPUBLICANS PURGE BLACK VOTES TO STEAL 2000 ELECTION
2025's most far-reaching IMM case:
likely to decide if IMM agents in LA are free to stop, Q & arrest Latinos they suspect: here illegally.
Their appeal urged: SCJs to confirm that IMM agents have
“reasonable suspicion” to stop & Q Latinos *work in bus' or occus that draw many undoc wkrs.
Gr LA area: “ground 0 for the effects of the border crisis,” Trump's ATTYs told #SCOTUS this mo. “Nearly 2M illegal aliens -loc offs aim: to thwart fed enf efforts.".
#Immigrants #USPol https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-24/supreme-court-reasonable-suspicion-border-agents-latino-arrests
U.S. Supreme Court gives go-ahead for #Trump to cancel $783M in NIH research grants. More proof that the GOP hates #Science and that the #SCOTUS has become nothing more than a rubber stamp. https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/22/repub/u-s-supreme-court-gives-go-ahead-for-trump-to-cancel-783m-in-nih-research-grants/
#NationalGuard has been mobilized in 19 states across #America - August through November. #trump #authoritarian #democracy #constitution #civilliberties #congress #military #DHS #homelandsecurity claims it is to stop #crime and #immigration Where is #Congress? Where is #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #police #citizens #liberty #freedom
You know that it's a rough day at #SCOTUS when it hands down a ruling from which *eight* justices dissent (albeit in different parts).
https://bsky.app/profile/stevevladeck.bsky.social/post/3lwwus5nsk22l
"Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut #NIH Grants for Disfavored Research."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/supreme-court-nih-grants.html
"In a fractured ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that the Trump administration could for now cancel more than $780 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health that the government said had been intended to explore topics like diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, “gender ideology” and vaccine hesitancy. But a different five-justice majority let stand for now a lower court’s ruling that the administration’s underlying policy directing the cuts was probably unlawful and should be put on hold."
#Trump on Friday said he would fire #FederalReserve Governor #LisaCook if she doesn't resign.
Cook, the first #Black #woman to serve on the #Fed board, said she had "no intention of being bullied to step down" after Trump on Wednesday called for her resignation on the basis of allegations about mortgages she holds in Michigan & Georgia.
#law #SCOTUS #independence
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-says-hell-fire-feds-cook-if-she-doesnt-resign-2025-08-22/
