Cook Judge ‘Not Persuaded’ by Supreme Court on Trump Firings

The US judge who blocked the ouster of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined the growing chorus of her lower court colleagues to reject the idea that the Supreme Court’s recent actions bind her to side with the Trump administration.

US District Judge Jia Cobb in her decision Tuesday said she was “not persuaded” that the justices’ past orders allowing President Donald Trump to fire other officials bars her from keeping Cook in her job for now.