Originally published at: SCOTUS’ Narrow Protection of the Fed Means Cook, and Fed Independence, Still at Risk - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Even though the Supreme Court ruled Monday, in Cook v. Trump, that the president couldn’t remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook before her employment case was resolved, the outcome may be deceiving. The close split — 5-4 — and narrow procedural nature of the decision suggests there’s still room for the case to go the…
The real work for this court going forward will be to make sure a Democratic president can’t exercise this unitary executive authority the court has made up. But, I’m sure they’ll find a way.
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it won’t be too hard for them. The Democrat will have unitary authority, but every action taken by the executive’s chosen officials will be found to be unconstitutional, unauthorized by Congress, etc. They will create all kinds of distinctions without a difference to handicap Democrats in favor of Republicans.
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As much as this Court wants to give the toddler-in-chief his every wish, they know enough not to give him the keys to the vault. Or at least some of them do, the 3 rational ones plus Roberts attempting to salvage his legacy and one other. But don’t get to excited this is an exception.
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They’ve gone full Tweedle. Words in the constitution and laws passed by congress mean whatever the hell the gang says they mean.
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