Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power
Supreme Court Overturns Humphrey's Executor, Lets Trump Fire FTC Commissioner — But Blocks Fed Governor Firing (June 2026)
The Supreme Court overturned Humphrey's Executor, upholding Trump's March 2025 firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter (Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya was removed at the same time) in a 6-3 ruling. The Court's holding is a constitutional ruling, not conduct by Trump, and it makes the Slaughter removal lawful. The conduct this entry documents is the attempted removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on a mortgage-fraud allegation she says was pretextual retaliation over rate policy; a 5-4 companion decision the same day blocked that removal while her suit proceeds.