Supreme court rules Trump can fire regulators but finds against him in Lisa Cook and E Jean Carroll cases – live

The Supreme Court released major decisions this morning, delivering mixed results for the Trump administration. Justices ruled that the president can fire federal regulators—significantly expanding executive power over agencies like the Federal Trade Commission. However, the court ruled against Trump on other matters: it found that his firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook was unconstitutional, and it declined his appeal of a five million dollar verdict in the E Jean Carroll sexual abuse case. According to The Guardian, these rulings follow a week of major conservative victories in immigration law, during which the court authorized the administration to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border and strip temporary protected status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants.

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