Supreme Court limits SEC enforcement by striking in-house courts

When the SEC adjudicates the matter in-house, there are no juries, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote...This, Roberts wrote, is not in alignment with the Seventh Amendment.

This case poses a straightforward question: whether the Seventh Amendment entitles a defendant to a jury trial when the SEC seeks civil penalties against him for securities fraud...It does.

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