Supreme Court hears case on SEC tribunals that challenges agency s power washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A number of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed worries over the growth of the administrative state and the federal government's ability to penalize individuals through agency proceedings without a jury trial.
The Supreme Court's conservative justices seemed sympathetic Wednesday to concerns that the SEC's use of in-house judges could violate jury trial rights.
The justices heard arguments over whether the Constitution allows the agency to pursue enforcement actions before its own judges instead of in federal courts.
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