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The legal contest over Federal Reserve board membership is moving into new terrain this summer.
Fed Governor Lisa Cook has turned mortgage allegations back on President Trump and his Cabinet, shifting a dispute that began as a question about her appointment into a broader political confrontation.
The Supreme Court's late June ruling blocking Trump from removing Cook left the president with a path to try again, and that open legal question carries direct implications for how rate markets price Fed independence.
The court's partial resolution is the operative fact for rates desks.
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