Supreme Court rules Trump cannot fire Fed member Lisa Cook

13 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by ceejayoz

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ceejayoz

5 hours ago

… 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".