In the Matter of Lisa Cook

by chmaynardon 8/26/2025, 12:06 PMwith 22 comments

by y-curiouson 8/26/2025, 1:48 PM

I brushed off the "DEI hire" stuff as typical rhetoric but this is the first time I feel that it may be justified. My brain went to, "well, we all make mistakes in academia and grow up in the industry" at first. Then I realized these papers are from 11 years ago, and she's no spring chicken.

by cosmicgadgeton 8/26/2025, 6:39 PM

> But even the Court specifically carved out protections for Fed governors, saying that they can only be removed “for cause.”

And soon we will find out if this was a warning or a recommendation.

by SirFattyon 8/26/2025, 1:53 PM

"Trump says that she committed mortgage fraud.."

That's rich...