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5:49Now PlayingThe Supreme Court Blocked Trump on the Fed, Mail-In Ballots, and E. Jean Carroll in One Day
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Donald Trump went 0 for 3 at the Supreme Court on Monday June 29th. Hawk covers all three losses.
First, the court ruled 5 to 4 to uphold a lower court injunction blocking Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who is Black. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, rejecting the administration's argument that the president's decision to remove Fed board governors is unreviewable by courts. Roberts held that accepting that position would effectively convert the Fed's for-cause removal protections into at-will employment.
Second, the court ruled 5 to 4 in Watson v. Republican National Committee to block Trump's attack on mail-in ballots, preserving the ability of states to count ballots that arrive after election day as long as they were mailed on election day. Eighteen states and territories including Mississippi allow this, and another twelve extend that window specifically for overseas and military ballots. The court held that nothing in federal election day statutes requires ballots to be received on election day.
Third, the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's appeal in the first E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case, with no published dissents, meaning not a single justice, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, was willing to take it up. Trump is now required to pay Carroll $5 million from that case, with the New York State Court holding approximately $88 million in bond money covering both the sexual abuse verdict and the $83 million defamation verdict from the second Carroll trial.
#DonaldTrump #LisaCook #EJeanCarroll #JohnRoberts #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #FederalReserve #MailInBallots #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Watson #RNC #Election2026 #VotingRights #SexualAbuse #Defamation #FedIndependence #PresidentialPower #June29 #Hawk
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