Supreme Court rules Trump cannot fire Fed member Lisa Cook

15 points · 1 visible top comment · 2026-06-29 14:24:41 UTC

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ceejayoz · 2026-06-29 14:29:22 UTC

… but he can fire the FTC Commissioner, on entirely opposite logic on the same question (and authored by the same justice, even); sorry, that wouldn't fit in the headline.

Basically, the actual rule is "don't fuck with SCOTUS's retirement accounts".