Supreme Court rules that this is one federal worker Trump can’t just fire

President Donald Trump has looked to make massive cuts to the federal workforce as a way to save the government money.

Tens of thousands of workers have already been fired in just the first five months of the Trump administration, CNN reported.

But the Supreme Court in a ruling said that there’s one federal worker that Trump can’t just summarily dismiss: the chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve system.

Politico reported that the high court last week said that the relationship between the president and the Federal Reserve is different from that of other independent agencies.

That signaled that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is legally protected from being removed by Trump, who has been highly critical of Powell.

The Federal Reserve was mentioned in a ruling that let stand Trump’s decision to fire members of two independent U.S. labor boards.

The justices said that they did not think their opinion on the relationship between the president and the Fed chairman had implications for whether the president was allowed to fire Fed board members or other officials on the central bank’s rate-setting committee.

“The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States,” the justices said.

Trump appointed Powell during his first term as president, but has grown increasingly disenchanted with the Fed chairman.

“Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough,” Trump wrote in April.

Trump’s criticism has sparked bi-partisan calls of support for the continued independence of the central bank, Barron’s reported.

Powell’s term as Fed chair runs until May 2026 and Powell has said repeatedly that he intends to serve until his term expires.