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Jia M. Cobb

Jia M. Cobb

American attorney

Appears in 3 stories

Born: 1980 (age 46 years), Springfield, OH
Education: Northwestern University, Harvard Law School, and Mercy High School

Notable Quotes

"The Court finds that Cook has made a strong showing that her purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act's 'for cause' provision."

The Court denies Plaintiffs' motion only because it is not the proper avenue to challenge Defendants' January 8, 2026 memorandum and the policy stated therein, rather than based on any kind of finding that the policy is lawful.

Stories

Trump keeps troops in the capital—for now: appeals court freezes order to end D.C. guard deployment

Force in Play

Her preliminary injunction is paused while the appeal proceeds

The troops were supposed to start leaving Washington. Instead, the D.C. Circuit hit pause and let President Trump’s National Guard deployment keep rolling while judges decide who really holds the keys to security in the nation’s capital.

Updated Feb 10

Trump's assault on federal reserve independence

Rule Changes

Issued preliminary injunction blocking Cook's removal

No president has fired a sitting Federal Reserve governor in the central bank's 112-year history. Donald Trump is trying to be the first—and to replace the Fed chair with a loyalist. His August 2025 attempt to remove Governor Lisa Cook over unproven mortgage fraud allegations escalated into a Supreme Court showdown that exposed the fragility of Fed independence. In a striking January 21, 2026 hearing, all nine justices—including three Trump appointees—expressed skepticism about Trump's removal claims, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh warning the administration's position "would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve." Fed Chair Jerome Powell attended the arguments and later called the case "perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history." Nine days later, Trump nominated Kevin Warsh, a 55-year-old former Fed governor and longtime Trump ally, to replace Powell when his term expires in May 2026.

Updated Feb 5

ICE blocks congressional oversight after fatal Minneapolis shooting

Force in Play

Ruled on emergency hearing request, denying injunction on procedural grounds

Three Minnesota congresswomen walked into a Minneapolis ICE detention center on January 10, were allowed entry, then were ordered out minutes later. They'd come to inspect conditions after an ICE agent shot 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Good in the head three days earlier during what the Trump administration called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever. DHS cited a seven-day notice rule that a federal judge had already blocked as illegal—a policy DHS Secretary Kristi Noem secretly signed the day after Good's killing. When Democrats sought emergency court intervention, Judge Jia Cobb refused to block the policy on January 20, ruling on procedural grounds while explicitly declining to find the policy lawful.

Updated Jan 30