Trump v. Cook · ¶198

To get around this problem, the Court adopts an implausibly narrow reading of the injunction: It interprets the injunction “to forbid the implementation of ‘the President’s letter of August 25’ in which he purported to fire Cook—but not to forbid the President from trying again, if he chooses to do so.” Ante, at 26, n. 8. In other words, the injunction stops the President from “firing her by that letter,” not “firing her for mortgage fraud.” But that is simply not what the injunction says. It forbids Cook’s removal based on “the grounds” stated in the President’s August 25th letter—i.e., mortgage fraud. And the D. C. Circuit’s order denying the stay left that broad injunction in place—as does the Court’s.

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