Supreme Court Allows Structural Constitutional Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings in Federal District Court
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in two related cases, Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear structural constitutional challenges to the adjudicative authority of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As a consequence, in such challenges, respondents need not wait until the appeal of an adverse FTC or SEC adjudication to raise such arguments in court.
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