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Can Trump fire Lisa Cook? The Supreme Court's decision is integral to the Federal Reserve's independence

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court looks at President Trump’s efforts to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Kate Shaw, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and cohost of the Supreme Court podcast “Strict Scrutiny.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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