Trump v. Cook · ¶113

Cook sued President Trump, then-Board Chairman Jerome Powell, and the Board. As relevant here, she brought three claims. First, she argued that the President’s removal violated her rights under the Due Process Clause, which forbids the deprivation of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” Amdt. 5, because the public office was her “property,” ECF Doc. 1, p. 20. Second, she argued that the President’s removal violated the Federal Reserve Act’s provision authorizing him to remove her for “cause,” 12 U. S. C. §242, because he “did not cite appropriate cause for removing her,” ECF Doc. 1, p. 18. Third, she argued that the President’s removal violated the same provision because the term “for cause” is a “term of art” that includes a “right to notice and a hearing.” Id., at 19–20. Cook presented no evidence that the allegations against her were false.

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