Supreme Court widens Trump’s power to fire agency leaders — except the Fed
The exception for the Federal Reserve is a blow to Trump’s efforts to prod the central bank to lower interest rates.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/trump-supreme-court-slaughter-cook-fire-fed-00979734The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump sweeping power to control executive branch agencies, while effectively exempting the Federal Reserve.
The justices voted 6-3, along ideological lines, to scuttle a 91-year old precedent that said Congress can limit the president’s ability to fire Senate-confirmed leaders to instances of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
But in a separate ruling, the high court voted 5-4 to send back to a lower court a lawsuit over Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Fed member appointed by President Joe Biden. The decision, which allows Cook to remain in her post while litigation continues over the effort to dismiss her, is a blow to Trump’s efforts to prod the Fed to lower interest rates.
The court did not outright prevent Trump from firing Cook, but it rejected his arguments that courts had little power to review the decision.
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