The U.S. Supreme Court took action on Thursday. It granted a Trump administration appeal. This decision allows the president to fire members of independent federal agencies.
The move to pause a lower court ruling formalizes a temporary decision along similar lines on April 9th, 2025. This decision allowed President Donald Trump to fire Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board. It also allowed the firing of Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
“The stay reflects our judgment that the government is likely to show this. Both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power,” the court noted in an unsigned order.
The court added that the government “faces greater risk of harm.” This is due to an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power. A wrongfully removed officer faces less risk from being incapable of performing her statutory duty.”
The high court’s three liberal justices dissented.
The Federal Reserve:
In a notable passage, the court sought to distinguish this case. It differentiated it from any try by Trump to fire members of the Federal Reserve, including its chairman, Jerome Powell. The court noted that the Federal Reserve is a “uniquely structured, quasi-private entity” that has its own distinct historical tradition.”
The Supreme Court’s comments will be well received in global markets. The markets were rocked when Trump repeatedly ripped Powell in late March and early April, 2025. As a result of the comments there has been speculation he will fire the Fed chair. On April 17, 2025, Trump made a bold statement in a Truth Social post. He declared that the chair’s “termination can not come fast enough!”
Trump later appeared to back off, saying he had “no intention” to fire Powell.
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