President Trump had pressed to fire Lisa Cook before the central bank’s meeting, at which the Fed voted to cut interest rates.

The justices moved quickly to schedule oral argument to consider the legality of the president’s signature economic initiative.

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A federal appeals court had reinstated the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, saying she was fired ‘without cause.’

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A federal appeals court had invalidated a centerpiece of President Trump’s economic strategy, finding that a 1977 law did not authorize the tariffs.

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