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The Supreme Court on June 29, 2026, denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, leaving her in office while the underlying case moves through the courts. The docket shows the justices acted on the application in Trump v. Cook, 25A312, and that the Court denied the request without a final merits ruling on whether the president can remove her. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the Court’s order in an opinion joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justices Kavanaugh and Jackson each filed concurrences, while Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett dissented. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a312.html))

That means Cook stays put for now. It does not mean the removal fight is over, and it does not decide the broader constitutional question of how much control a president has over an independent central bank. It does, however, stop the White House from getting immediate relief at the Supreme Court and keeps the dispute in the lower courts, where the legal record can still be tested in full. The Court’s order is a procedural setback for the administration, not a final judgment on the merits. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a312.html))

The case matters because the Federal Reserve is not just another executive-branch agency. Its structure is designed to insulate monetary policy from short-term political pressure, which is why the removal fight over a sitting governor has drawn so much attention. The Supreme Court’s June 29 order preserves the status quo while litigation continues. Whether that signals how the justices may eventually rule is an inference, not a holding, but the immediate effect is straightforward: Cook remains on the board, and Trump does not get to treat the removal as completed simply because he announced it. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=%2Fdocket%2Fdocketfiles%2Fhtml%2Fpublic%2F25a312.html))