President Trump’s firings at the Federal Reserve and other agencies with traditional independence from the political forces of the White House have presented the Supreme Court with a critical opportunity to settle weighty questions over the bounds of presidential power.

Pressure was already building after the administration this month urged the justices to take up Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member without cause, even if it means overruling the high court’s 90-year-old precedent that has enabled protections for some regulators.

Although the conservative majority has endorsed Trump’s project so far, the justices have signaled the Fed may exist in a category of its own.

Trump put it to the test on Thursday by bringing his firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortga

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