The Daily Fuckup

The Supreme Court on June 29, 2026, turned down the government’s emergency request in Trump v. Cook, leaving Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board while the litigation over her attempted removal continues. The justices declined to stay a lower-court injunction that had blocked her removal, so the status quo stayed in place pending further court action.

The order did not end the case or resolve the dispute over whether President Trump had legal grounds to remove Cook. It answered a narrower question: whether the government had made the showing needed to lift the injunction while appeals play out. The Court said no, at least on the record before it.

In its syllabus, the Court said the government had not shown a likelihood of success on the arguments it raised in the stay application. The Court also said the case turned, at least in part, on whether Cook had received the procedural protections the Federal Reserve Act and prior cases require before removal. But the order was an interim ruling, not a final merits decision.

Cook therefore remains in office unless and until later court action changes that result. The broader fight over presidential removal power, and how much insulation the Federal Reserve has from political pressure, is still alive in the lower courts.