Can President Trump Fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook?

Run time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

In this episode, Christine Chabot and Michael McConnell join to discuss Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s termination and the broader legal and constitutional issues it raises, such as the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve and the scope of the president’s removal power. Listen now

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Can the marriage of “two great ideals…democracy and racial equality” survive the Supreme Court?

by Marcia Coyle | Read time: 5 minutes

“In September 2025, John Roberts Jr. will mark the 20th anniversary of his confirmation as Chief Justice of the United States. Roberts and his conservative colleagues on the court thus far have etched legacies in a number of areas of the law, but only one has major implications for democracy’s future. …” Read more

September 6, 1901: McKinley is shot while Roosevelt is traveling

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next eight days, McKinley’s health condition varied until he died on September 14. …” Read more

The Declaration Was a Promise We Have to Keep

Our Story Continues begins now. Join us and Americans across the country in exploring the principles and ideas that shape our nation and to reflect on how we, the people, will write the next chapter. Learn more

We invite you to take an early look at our digital America at 250 Civic Toolkit, before its public launch on Constitution Day, September 17. The toolkit is an essential guide that brings to life America's founding documents and principles and features the Interactive Declaration of Independence, which includes scholarly analysis of the Declaration’s text, historical significance, and modern relevance, along with engaging videos and biographies of members of the founding generation.

Article II, Section 2

“He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.”

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