1. United States
2. Letter

Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justices, I am writing to express my profound outrage and deep disappointment over the Court’s ruling today regarding Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and the stripping of the Federal Reserve’s independence. Your decision represents a shocking disregard for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the very principles that underpin the stability of our democracy and economy. It is impossible to reconcile this ruling with the oaths you each swore to uphold. How can a body charged with interpreting the Constitution choose to undermine one of the key safeguards of our financial system? The Federal Reserve was deliberately designed to remain insulated from political whims for the good of the nation. In dismantling that protection, you have chosen short-term ideology over the long-term health of our country. Do you truly believe that history will judge this Court kindly? Have you studied history at all? The judiciary is not immune to the lessons of the past—when courts have aligned themselves with partisan power rather than constitutional principle, history has remembered them not as defenders of liberty but as enablers of its erosion. Equally troubling is the blatant contradiction between the statements many of you made during your confirmation hearings and the decisions you now render. Time and again, you assured the Senate and the American people that you would be impartial arbiters of the law. Yet your actions consistently betray those promises. How can the public maintain faith in a Court whose members say one thing to earn their lifetime appointments and then govern in the opposite manner? The Supreme Court was intended to be a guardian of the Constitution, not an instrument for those who wish to weaken it. Today’s ruling will be remembered as a stain on the Court’s legacy—a moment when the majority abandoned the careful balance of powers in pursuit of an agenda that history will not forgive. I urge you to reflect on the gravity of your choices, the fragility of our democratic institutions, and the enduring question: when future generations look back on this era, will they see a Court that defended the Constitution, or one that helped dismantle it?