Content overview: “Supreme Court Edition, Trump v. Slaughter, Trump v Cook: Who can POTUS terminate? | Here's”. Slaughter, Trump v Cook: Who can POTUS terminate? In March 2025, President Trump fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, telling her in an email that allowing her to remain on the commission would be “inconsistent” with his administration’s priorities. A few months later, he fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, alleging that she’d committed mortgage fraud – an allegation that she denies.
But can the president fire employees of independent agencies at will? Host Laura Jarrett speaks with Kannon Shanmugam, head of the Supreme Court & The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.