By Dan Burns

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration pushed back on Friday against arguments made by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook that his attempted firing of her should not be allowed to proceed, telling the U.S. Supreme Court in a filing that his removal of her would be a valid exercise of his authority.

In limiting a president’s power to remove a Fed governor only for “cause,” U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer wrote, “Congress otherwise respected the President’s constitutional authority over principal officers of the United States by declining to limit him to specific causes or specific removal procedures.”

Cook, the first Black woman to serve as a Fed governor, sued Trump after the president announced last month he would remove her over allegations she committed mor

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