Trump takes Cook’s case to supreme court
US solicitor general argues determining ‘cause’ is at president’s ‘unreviewable discretion’
US president Donald Trump made an emergency appeal on September 18 to the supreme court to allow him to fire Lisa Cook as a Federal Reserve governor.
Three issues lie at the heart of the case: whether Cook was granted due process when the president dismissed her on August 25; whether due process was necessary; and whether the mortgage fraud the administration alleges she committed – and which the governor denies – constitutes sufficient grounds for a ‘for cause’ dismissal. ‘For cause’ is the
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