Trump welcomes expanded executive power to push out federal employees

Trump added Monday that it was “such an Honor” to be the president who won “this Historic and Unprecedented Ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers.”

“To show the importance of the Slaughter Case, 90 years of precedent has been COMPLETELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY OVERRULED, greatly increasing Presidential Power at a time when it is most needed!” he wrote.

Trump, however, was less happy with its accompanying case, Trump v. Cook, with both majority opinions written by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

“The Cook Lawsuit, having to do with her suitability in sitting on the Board of the Federal Reserve, was sent back by the Supreme Court on a strictly procedural basis, we will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!” he wrote.

In that decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump cannot remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for now because, in Roberts’s opinion, doing so “would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment” and be “out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”

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That decision, in essence, creates a Federal Reserve exception to its ruling in Trump v. Slaughter because it is a “uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks.”

Trump fired Slaughter, a Democrat, in March 2025 without cause. Trump has been trying to remove Cook since August over allegations of mortgage fraud, which she is challenging in court, with the president only permitted under the Federal Reserve Act to push out a Fed governor “for cause.”