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Federalist Radio Hour

How Far Does The President’s Power To Fire Go?

Federalist Radio Hour

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Mark Chenoweth, president and chief legal officer of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the NCLA's ongoing Supreme Court battle over President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Reserve Chair Lisa Cook and unpack the legal and constitutional limits on executive power.

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0:00.0

And we are back.

0:18.4

With another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour, I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your Experian Scherpa on today's quest for knowledge.

0:28.8

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0:33.9

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0:36.7

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0:43.5

Mark Genoweth, president of the new Civil Liberties Alliance, joins us today as we ask the questions, the very important questions.

0:53.1

What are the legal? What are the constitutional limits

0:57.1

of executive branch power, particularly the president's power to fire? That question was once again

1:05.2

before the U.S. Supreme Court. Thank you, sir, for joining us. I appreciate your time and I appreciate you being

1:12.2

here with us on the Federalist Radio Hour. Great to be with you. Looking forward to our conversation.

1:17.2

Well, I'll tell you what, this is tested over and over again, it seems over the last year, or at least

1:24.2

the question is put forward. In the U.S. Supreme Court, just heard oral argument

1:29.2

in Trump v. Cook, the case over whether President Trump can remove Federal Reserve Board

1:36.2

Governor Lisa Cook from office. The new Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in that

1:44.1

case, urging the justices to let

1:46.1

President Trump remove Cook and NCLA experts tuned in and have, I think, an interesting

1:54.3

point of view on this. I talked to one of your colleagues earlier this week, but why do you

1:58.6

want this poor lady, this poor governor of the,

2:02.9

the Federal Reserve fired? Well, it's not so much that I want her fired, but that apparently

2:10.5

President Trump would like to have her fired and that he has the constitutional authority

2:15.7

to have that happen.

2:18.1

So what we have tried to tell the Supreme Court,

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