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Supreme Court Allows Structural Constitutional Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings in Federal District Court

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Supreme Court Allows Structural Constitutional Challenges to FTC and SEC Proceedings in Federal District Court

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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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