Professor Joel Alicea of Catholic Law was quoted in a CBS News story and a New York Times article discussing the legal implications of President Trump's removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Bank's Board of Governors. Professor Alicea argued that the President has the constitutional authority to remove Cook.

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New York Times 
Date: August 28, 2025
By: Luke Broadwater
Trump Targets Agencies Long Seen as Above Politics. Critics See Big Risks.

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“You tend to hear those who think that agencies should have insulation from the president describe administrative officials as exercising independence or being apolitical,” said J. Joel Alicea, law professor at Catholic University and the director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

He said there was a flip side to that argument: “By making executive officials removable at will by the president,” he said, “the Constitution ensures political accountability for them to the American people.” 

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