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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

“Supreme Court Seems Poised to Reject Trump’s Attempt to Immediately Fire a Fed Governor; During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Colby Smith and Tony Romm of The New York Times report that “Supreme Court Hearing Reveals Unease Over Threats to Fed Independence; As the justices weighed the consequences of allowing President Trump to fire a Federal Reserve official, the president reprised his pressure campaign on the central bank.”

Justin Jouvenal and Andrew Ackerman of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court appears likely to allow Lisa Cook to remain on Fed board; Such a decision, which would hold while a lawsuit challenging her removal plays out, would prevent Trump from exerting greater influence over the powerful central bank.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court wary of Trump’s bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook.”

James Romoser and Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Balks at Trump’s Push to Control the Fed; Most justices voice skepticism about the president’s bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook.”

Maureen Groppe and Rachel Barber of USA Today have an article headlined “Can Trump fire Fed’s Lisa Cook? Supreme Court seems doubtful; President Trump’s attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board is part of his effort to assert unprecedented control of the economy.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook.”

In commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “Trump’s Tough Day at the Supreme Court; The Justices sound ready to frown on his firing of Lisa Cook.”

And online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “John Roberts Does Not Want Trump Messing With His Money; The conservative supermajority has shown a willingness to let Trump do almost anything he wants; But not when the global economy might be at stake.”

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota; The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state”: Mitch Smith of The New York Times has this report.

And Mikella Schuettler and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Wins Delay on Order Restricting ICE Tactics in Minnesota.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Law firm chief recounts ‘crazy’ bet on Washington lawyer Goldstein’s poker play”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 8:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s ‘History and Tradition’ Test Just Ran Into America’s History and Tradition of Anti-Black Racism; Four years ago, the conservative justices decided that gun laws must be rooted in history in order to comply with the Second Amendment; But they are not always comfortable with the reality this analysis unearths”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 4:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Businessman Says He Had Trouble Collecting $6M Poker Debt from Tom Goldstein”: Connor Richards of PokerNews has this report.

Posted at 4:04 PM by Howard Bashman