Lisa Cook
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, she was elected in January 2022 to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She was also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Jul 1, 2026
Far Left
Cook was fired by Trump from the Federal Reserve Board, and the Supreme Court upheld the termination in Trump v. Cook.
Far left sees Cook's firing as proof that the Fed's supposed independence is a farce, and that the Court will not protect any check on presidential power.
Jun 30, 2026
Far Left
The Supreme Court upheld Trump's firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Trump v. Cook.
The far left sees her removal as politicization of the Fed, but also criticizes the Fed's pro-capitalist bias; the ruling deepens distrust in economic institutions.