Yesterday, Perry Law filed an amicus brief in the case of Donald J. Trump v. Lisa D. Cook before the Supreme Court of the United States. In the brief, we argue on behalf of 25 former government officials and advisors—including numerous individuals who served in Republican administrations—that the Supreme Court should deny President Trump’s stay application. The Administration’s emergency stay application, filed on September 18, asks the Supreme Court to lift a federal judge’s order blocking the removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while her legal challenge continues.
As the brief notes, “[t]he downstream consequences of Governor Cook’s removal would be monumental”; granting the relief sought by the Administration thus would harm the public interest and defeat the fundamental purpose of a stay, which is to preserve the status quo. Further, the Administration’s claim of unreviewable discretion defies the presumption of judicial review and threatens the constitutional separation of powers.
The brief was authored by Perry Law Partners E. Danya Perry, Joshua Perry, and Elizabeth Tulis and Associate Krista Oehlke.
You can find the full brief here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A312/377926/20250925165350228_Cook%20Amicus%20-%20FINAL.pdf
