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The supreme court is likely to announce at least one opinion this morning at 10am ET. Some of the high-profile cases currently before the court include Trump v Cook, which centers on Trump’s attempt to remove Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board of governors; Trump v Slaughter, which, similar to the Cook case, involves the president’s firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Rebecca Slaughter; and Louisiana v Callais, a landmark redistricting case that could determine the remaining strength of the Voting Rights Act.
Though it’s unclear which decisions will be made this morning, we’ll bring them to you as they come.
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