(The Hill) -- Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook on Thursday sued President Trump over his “unprecedented and illegal attempt” to remove her from her position in the Federal Reserve.

Cook is a professor of economics at Michigan State University. She is currently on unpaid leave.

She asked a judge to block her removal from the board to “safeguard” its congressionally mandated independence, allowing her and the Fed at large to “continue its critical work.”

“The operational independence of the Federal Reserve is vital to its ability to make sound economic decisions, free from the political pressures of an election cycle,” the complaint reads.

The lawsuit also names Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the board of governors as defendants.

The Federal Reserve Act says

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