In a 2024 ruling that shook DC to its foundations, the Supreme Court upheld the Seventh Amendment in SEC v. Jarkesy (2024), affirming the right to an impartial jury trial. Until Jarkesy, the Securities and Exchange Commission had been deciding and applying its own civil penalties for securities fraud. When the time came, though, to reaffirm this right for a different agency, the Supreme Court blinked. Must other agencies honor the Seventh Amendm…
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