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🚨 Trump RUSHES for EMERGENCY HEARING at SCOTUS

2025-09-18 News & Politics
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Analysis of Emergency Appeal Targeting Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

Understand the core legal strategy the Trump team is using in their emergency Supreme Court filing to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and gain unilateral control over interest rate policy.

Short Summary

  • The DOJ filed an unconventional emergency appeal via the Shadow Docket seeking to fire Lisa Cook before the next FOMC meeting.
  • The filing attempts to enforce the idea that the President can unilaterally define "for cause" without judicial review, citing broad executive power.
  • Legal analysis counters that this argument directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s recent precedent protecting the Fed's independence.

This session analyzes the arguments solicitor general John Sauer presented to the Supreme Court regarding Governor Cook’s removal. We examine how their legal theory clashes with the Supreme Court’s own May ruling protecting the Federal Reserve’s structure and whether lower courts correctly upheld Cook’s due process rights.

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To combat another terrible news cycle for Trump, he had his DOJ finally get around to filing their “emergency” appeal through the dreaded Shadow Docket to the Supreme Court to try for the 3rd time to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her 14-year tenured position so that Trump can gain control of the Fed’s rate-setting mechanism. Michael Popok takes a hard look at the new filing, including its reliance on Trump’s criminal immunity decision and its ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision in May that protects Lisa Cook from just such a firing. Checkout the Popok Firm: https://thepopokfirm.com Subscribe: @LegalAFMTN Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@herselthomas5871 2025-09-18

THE DIRTY SIX SUPREME COURT JUSTICES will do Trump's bidding. The SUPREME Court is totally corrupt.

336 9 replies
@ololadeprevost5616 2025-09-18

Justice Robert’s legacy will be remembered as the most awful in history….😢

221 4 replies
@karenprice8512 2025-09-18

Don’t trust the Supreme Court

177 4 replies
@stephenludlum9746 2025-09-18

So the next democratic president can fire all of the Republicans from the board.

156 5 replies
@tychef5385 2025-09-18

SCOTUS has become extremely corrupt. What a joke of an institution.

147 1 replies
@JoAnnVotraw 2025-09-18

With SCOTUS , it doesn’t matter how ludicrous it is , they will just say okay to whatever Trump wants. Is it shameful, absolutely!

121 5 replies
@vickiross3926 2025-09-18

Release the EPSTIEN/TRUMP FILES!

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@PacesIII 2025-09-18

If Trump thinks he's above the law, why does he keep begging SCOTUS for help?

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@dd12345-j 2025-09-18

Supreme Court better protect her. She did nothing illegal. They're slandering her.

71 1 replies
@MaryHardymsmary_h 2025-09-18

All the people in the first administration who corralled the president. Thank you. People should have listened when you warned that the man was incompetent.

67 1 replies

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