00:00Greg, after hearing these arguments and the justices' responses...
00:05What's your sense of where the justices are leaning on this case as a body?
00:10Or individually?
00:11It sure seemed like, and not just a five-justice majority...
00:15But a larger majority was really concerned about the prospect of what...
00:20What it would mean if the court sided with Donald Trump and let him...
00:25...to fire her at least right away.
00:27And they were, as I think I said earlier...
00:30...we're in no rush to do that.
00:31What seems like the big question now, is the court going to issue...
00:35...a narrow ruling that just kicks the can down the road a little bit...
00:38...and maybe it comes back?
00:40A ruling maybe that says, hey, she's got to have some sort of...
00:43...opportunity to be heard before you fire?
00:45Or do they do something broader that says, allegations of...
00:50...these sort are not the kind of things that let a president remove a Fed governor?
00:55And that would give much deeper protection for Fed governors going forward.
01:00That would be a very big deal whether the court is ready to go there yet...
01:05...that's not clear.
01:06I mean, as you were listening, you mentioned there's this sort of...
01:10...deeper sense of unanimity here among many of the justices.
01:15Were...
01:15Were there any responses or questions that stood out to you, Greg?
01:18That give us a sense or a hint?
01:20As to how they might rule, not just, you know, yes or no, but how narrow or...
01:25...abroad that ruling might be.
01:26Yeah.
01:27So Justice Kavanaugh, whom Amera was talking about...
01:30...was certainly a key justice.
01:31We normally think of him as one of the conservatives.
01:35He was pretty clear he was on Lisa Cook's side in this case.
01:38Very concerned about Fed independence.
01:40And so the question was with Kavanaugh and the court's three liberals...
01:45...who would be the fifth vote?
01:47And in this...
01:50...discussing near the end of the case, he threw out the possibility of the court...
01:53...just issuing that...
01:55...very narrow ruling that I alluded to.
01:57Just something that said that Donald Trump...
02:00...cannot fire her right now, just denying his application for...
02:05...a stay and essentially letting the case play out in the lower court.
02:10And just instruct her each other in the lower court.
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