At issue in Trump v Cook is not whether Lisa Cook can appeal her removal, but rather where her position rests while the appeal is underway. Does she work for the govt? Or is she technically removed from govt, pending appeal?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Lisa Cook remaining in her position as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors whom President Donald Trump had attempted to fire. By a vote of 5-4 [PDF HERE] [the court says Cook can continue to remain in her job while her challenge to Trump’s removal moves forward.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court, and SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, KAVANAUGH and JACKSON concurred.
Justice Clarence Thomas filed a dissenting opinion. ALITO filed a dissenting opinion, in which GORSUCH joined, and BARRETT also filed a dissenting opinion.
This is a rather goofball decision when you consider the previous issues with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the high court prior ruling that President Trump can remove the head of the agency.
Additionally, if Lisa Cook does not work for the President of the United States, meaning if she doesn’t work for the Executive Branch, then who exactly is she working for? She doesn’t work for the legislative branch, and she doesn’t work for the judicial branch. Therefore, a de facto mysterious 4th branch of government is created.
Writing the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said if the Trump administration were correct, it “would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment, an leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
Justice Clarence Thomas said the 5-4 ruling was “incorrect.” “Although the Court expresses concern that the President removed a Board member for ‘the first time in the Federal Reserve’s 111-year history, it expresses no such concern that it today upholds an injunction [here] against the President’s removal of an executive officer for the first time in the Constitution’s 237-year history.”
If the Federal Reserve Board of Governors are not subject to the plenary power of the executive branch, then who controls it? If no one, then the Federal Reserve Board (FED) exists to control the American economy without any oversight from any mechanism within the U.S. Constitution.
The federal reserve is a fourth branch of government?
This decision seems rather weird….. Especially when the next ruling is considered.
“I work for the American people”
Hahaha what a freaking joke this Supreme Court is.
They’ve moved so far into politics that they no longer even resemble a court.
Berrett at it again! Taking orders from overseas.
Barrett screwed the ballot issue; Kav screwed this one; Roberts screws nearly everything (us) every decision.
Taking the same road as the US CONgress.
They take turns siding with the communist wing in order to continue effing things up.
Never, Ever trust a female with a Hyphenated Name. Simple Enuff.
Too many females in grubment anyway, at least males can slap each other in discussions.
End the fed reserve
Will take a civil war
Who possesses photos of Justice Roberts in compromising positions which are making Roberts side with the leftists?
FIB DoJ has the Epstein Clients PedoHomo videos.
Norm Eisen
Does Goldman Sachs control the Federal Reserve Board of Governors?
Been a few years since I went down this rabbit hole. Since it is a private cartel it’s tough to dig up. Last I checked it’s more than 50% foreign owners Bank of America is an owner as is Saudi Arabia. I don’t this GS was on the list
Who signs Federal Reserve Governor’s paychecks?
Fed Reserve is Privately Owned. Exactly which Banks and Who owns Which Banks is the NWO Board of Governors.
Pence’s contribution to the country’s downfall. That bleeding heart couldn’d evaluate an armed robbery in broad daylight.
Maybe someone should figure out how to file a case that asks the very question you did SD. Ridiculous reasoning but that’s how powerful the Fed is. Highly suspicious in my mind.
If the Federal Reserve Board of Governors are not subject to the plenary power of the executive branch, then who controls it? If no one, then the Federal Reserve Board (FED) exists to control the American economy without any oversight from any mechanism within the U.S. Constitution.
The federal reserve is a fourth branch of government?
Was this a joke? It’s not part of the government. Anyone with the rudimentary understanding of economics and US history knows the Democrats sold the US to the bankers in -1913. Sundance surely knows this as well
President Andrew Jackson killed the 2nd US National Bank.
Follow the money, power and influence. The SCOTUS members who provided this rationale have been effectively prodded to supply a benefactor’s wish. This benefactor just might be part of the financial / Wall Street Industry.
AND, as Sundance headlined, a new “Fourth Branch of Government” is directly relate to an industry that can supply a outside the “accounting books” reward.
Poor Lisa can’t be Fired from the NWO Bankster Fed Board. She didn’t know how to answer her personal mortgage questions, a Favorite democRat FRAUD tactic.
End the Fed,
it’s All Fraudulent “money” anyway.
lol, the dirty supremes just made things worse for their masters. They just put in writing that no one in the government controls the FRB. Thank you Thomas for being a real American.
the Federal Reserve is not a government entity but owned by private banks (individuals). SCOTUS just confirmed that.
The Court said “the Fed stands on a different constitutional footing than other independent agencies because of its unique structure, history and role in the nation’s financial system .For everyday Americans, the Federal Reserve’s ability to operate free from political pressure can shape everything from mortgage rates and job prospects to the price of groceries. The Fed’s decisions influence how expensive it is to borrow money and how forcefully policymakers respond to inflation or a slowing economy.”
-Fox Business
While I think the opinion is constitutionally insupportable, it has some merit in that a President Obama or President Jill Biden & VP Hunter Biden could have swept out any Fed Board member who might have stood in the way of their economic policies.
She works for the City of London and the central bank mafia that sttarts and feeds all wars, illegal migration, drug running and media propaganda. Until more people finally wake up to this is the kind of nonsense we have. I pray to God every day that We tyhe People will wake up. The simple solution is audit the Fed and close it down transferring it work to the Treasury where our founding fathers put it.
You only have to look at who supported this ruling to know it was a joke of a ruling. Clarence Thomas made the point quite clear.
“would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment, an leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
SCOTUS is saying Congress needs to change the statute and the President needs to sign into law a mechanism by which a FED member can be fired.
I’m just interpreting what SCOTUS is saying.
Cook works for the resistance and fraud branch of the branch of the government.
Well the court is full of low iq 3rd worlders so no big surprise. That being said, the question of a national bank and an “independent” fed las long vexed this country. Its not surprising that this silly court did what it did
The case goes back down to the district court to litigate whether false statements on mortgage applications by a person charged with managing the financial stability of the nation were just careless, unintentional or whatever.
That she can’t take care with with her own finances does support Trump’s argument that she cannot take care of the nation’s finances.
I look forward to reading her excuses for clear inaccuracies on documents that the average borrower might not understand, but she certainly should have been able to comprehend.
The Federal Reserve has ALWAYS been a fourth branch of government.
It is the superior branch of government.
All other branches serve it.
It’s not Constitutional, but it is, and has always been, de facto.
And that’s by design.
They’re just admitting it. The Fed is an abomination that answers to bankers, not we the people.
Can her paycheck be stopped?
It’s not weird, it’s of very limited application. Let’s not close the novel after reading the first chapter.
President Trump’s response:
The Cook Lawsuit, having to do with her suitability in sitting on the Board of the Federal Reserve, was sent back by the Supreme Court on a strictly procedural basis, we will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP (Jun 29, 2026, 8:23 AM)