The Supreme Court on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, denying a government request to lift an injunction that keeps her in office while a legal battle over her termination continues.
Background of the Case
The dispute began in August 2025 when Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte posted a letter on social media addressed to then-Attorney General Pamela Bondi. The letter accused Cook of committing mortgage fraud in 2021, prior to her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board.
The document alleged that Cook falsified bank and property records to secure lower interest rates by simultaneously claiming properties in both Michigan and Georgia as her principal residence.
Supreme Court Ruling
The 5-4 decision maintains a lower court order protecting Cook, who is the first Governor in the central bank’s history to face presidential removal. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The majority rejected the government’s argument that a president’s determination of cause is entirely unreviewable by federal courts. Accepting that position, Roberts wrote, would “transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment—an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
Original reporting: Tampa Free Press — read the source article.
