Trump v. Cook (Federal Reserve Governor Removal)
Current understanding
Trump v. Cook is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing whether a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump’s attempted removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook should remain in effect. It presents the first occasion in the Federal Reserve’s 111-year history for the Court to confront constitutional and statutory limits on presidential removal authority over Federal Reserve Board members, situated within a broader line of cases (including Trump v. Slaughter) reexamining Humphrey’s Executor and the independence of multimember financial and regulatory bodies. Practical effect: the outcome affects due-process expectations for tenure-protected federal officers and the structural independence of the central bank; status: pending before the Supreme Court on the preliminary-injunction posture.
Evidence log
- 2026-06-29 — Trump v. Cook: cross-connection with trump-v-slaughter: Both cases test the scope of presidential removal power over officers of independent multimember agencies and directly implicate the continuing vitality of Humphrey’s Executor; Cook extends the question to the Federal Reserve Board for the first time. (novelty: 5)