{"id":142318,"date":"2026-01-21T11:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/21\/supreme-court-fears-endangering-feds-independence-in-lisa-cook-case\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:49:24","slug":"supreme-court-fears-endangering-feds-independence-in-lisa-cook-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/21\/supreme-court-fears-endangering-feds-independence-in-lisa-cook-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Fears Endangering Fed&#8217;s Independence in Lisa Cook Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The justices appeared skeptical of the Trump administration&#8217;s claim that the president&#8217;s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook cannot be reviewed in court, suggesting that would undermine the historical independence of the central bank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" 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