Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s decisions expanding Trump’s firing power but preserving Fed for now | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions.

At the same time, the court made it far harder for this or future presidents to remove members of the Federal Reserve — blocking the Trump administration, for now, from ending the tenure of Fed Governor Lisa Cook over contested allegations of mortgage fraud.

The decisions were the latest development in a series of controversies that erupted during the first months of Trump’s second term. He sought to fire critics within the government despite federal laws that protected them by requiring a president to show cause — such as malfeasance — before booting them from office.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN SUED BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER IN 1996 AND FOR DEFAMATION. THE SUPREME COURT HAS RESCHEDULED ONE OF THE CASES 15 TIMES.

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