Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire independent agency officials but lets Lisa Cook remain at Fed | CNN Politics

• The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to immediately fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, further cementing the Fed’s independence. • The court, meanwhile, expanded the president’s power to fire officials, overturning the nearly century-old precedent Humphrey’s Executor. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent, said it “promises only chaos.” • The justices also upheld state laws that count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, an unexpected rebuff of Trump’s longstanding attacks on mail-in voting. Trump immediately called for Congress to pass the “SAVE America Act,” which would limit mail ballots and install strict new ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting. • The court also denied Trump’s appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict, meaning he must pay $5 million to the former columnist. Justices also denied Alan Dershowitz’s defamation appeal against CNN. CNN’s live coverage of Monday’s Supreme Court opinions has ended. Join us tomorrow for more live coverage as the Supreme Court concludes decisions for the term and decides whether President Donald Trump acted within the law when he signed an exec