Kavanaugh Raises Alarm About Fed Independence

“Coming into Wednesday’s argument, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was one of the court’s strongest voices emphasizing the importance of the Federal Reserve’s independence,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“He wrote about the topic in a 2009 law review article. And just last month, during oral argument in a different case, he emphasized that he had ‘concerns’ about eroding the central bank’s independence.”

“Forty-five minutes into the Cook argument, he forcefully returned to the theme in a long exchange with Solicitor General D. John Sauer.”