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Trump would 'eviscerate' Fed independence with Lisa Cook firing, lawyers tell Supreme Court

Trump would eviscerate Fed independence with Lisa Cook firing, her lawyers tell Supreme Court

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The idea that an entire republic is dependent upon the unaddressable interpretations and integrity of 12 priests in robes, priests whom are not democratically elected or accountable to the people, is an absurdity.
- Lifelong… If my boss told me I could never be fired no matter how shitty of a job I did, you better believe I would be the worst!
  
  They can be fired - SC justices can be recalled via impeachment by Congress, who ultimately derives their power from the people via elections. Congress is abdicating responsibility and power, and the electorate is too ignorant to know or care. The whole chain of responsibility is simply being ignored because the people voted for this repeatedly.
- Conservatives have wanted to gut the Fed with a bowie knife since fucking Andrew Jackson, so this isn't a blunder to them.
Stop, the conservative justices can only get so erect!
- Court is adjourned. I'll be in my chambers ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Good, it should be under democratic control, like it was in the New Deal era. The problem isn’t the loss of Wall Street’s power over the Fed, it’s that Trump is in power.
- Why expect consistency from the courts starting now or in the future?

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