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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,429 posts)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:37 PM Aug 2025

Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can't do

The six Republican justices have largely behaved as lickspittles to the leader of their political party. These are, after all, the same GOP political appointees who said that President Donald Trump is allowed to commit crimes.

Last May, however, the Court did appear to draw a line in the sand and warn Trump not to cross it. In Trump v. Wilcox, a decision that otherwise endorsed the proposition that Trump can fire leaders of independent federal agencies that are supposed to enjoy a degree of job security, the Court signaled that Trump may not fire leaders of the Federal Reserve.

Admittedly, the Republican justices’ explanation of why Fed leaders are protected is gibberish. The Court said that “the Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States” — whatever the hell that means.


One of the first major constitutional disputes in the United States involved a disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over whether Congress could charter a national bank. But that dispute did not raise the question of whether the president could fire bank officials.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-just-did-one-thing-163000414.html

The extreme court loves the taste of Trump's asshole.

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Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can't do (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
My bad, please proceed mr trump. Love John roberts chicoescuela Aug 2025 #1
A bit misleading onenote Aug 2025 #2

onenote

(46,228 posts)
2. A bit misleading
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:07 PM
Aug 2025

The Supreme Court indicated that the "for cause" limitation on firing a member of the Federal Reserve was not implicated by the decision in the Wilcox case. Trump is asserting that he is firing Lisa Cook "for cause." It will be up to the courts to decide whether that standard has been met.

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