Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media


Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks on "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy" at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the battle over President Donald Trump's effort to fire Federal ‌Reserve Governor Lisa Cook that is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, the justices may focus on the president's use of social media to carry out this unprecedented action.

The justices are ‌due to hear arguments over Trump's request to lift a lower court judge's decision barring him from firing Cook while her legal challenge to the removal continues. The justices in October agreed to ‌hear the dispute, a decision that left Cook in her role for the time being.

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