The legality of Trump’s push to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook was already one of the biggest issues of the court’s term. A probe into Chair Jerome H. Powell has raised the stakes.

Wednesday’s arguments in the Lisa Cook case come amid a broader Trump campaign to bend the central bank to presidential will.

The Fed's independence is being tested. Here's what SCOTUS justices could say on Wednesday about Trump's efforts to fire Fed board member Lisa Cook.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to assess the legality of Donald Trump‘s attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, raising questions about the central bank’s independence. Trump’s Dismissal Of Lisa Cook According to a Reuters report,

The Court will hear arguments in a case to determine whether President Donald Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The implications are far-reaching.

The optics are astounding. There is much more at stake this week in the U.S. Supreme Court hearing regarding whether President Donald Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for cause over unsubstantiated allegations of mortgage fraud.

The justices are due to hear arguments over Trump's request to lift a lower court judge's ​decision barring him from firing Cook while her legal challenge to the removal continues. The justices in October agreed to hear the dispute,

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend Supreme Court oral arguments in the case regarding President Trump’s attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook.