Supreme Court justices yesterday appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump’s efforts to sack Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Trump moved to fire Cook in August over accusations she committed mortgage fraud. Reuters says that skepticism was summarized most directly by ?conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh in an exchange with Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who had been tasked with arguing why Trump should be allowed to remove Cook. “Your position that there’s no judicial ?review, no process required, no remedy ?available, a very low bar for cause that the president alone determines – I mean, that would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve,” Kavanaugh said. “We have to be aware of what we’re doing and the consequences of your position for the structure of the government,” Kavanaugh told Sauer.

