Reason

Six Points About Law and Equity in SEC v. Jarkesy

In SEC v. Jarkesy, Chief Justice Roberts offers the Court's latest opinion on the Seventh Amendment. Although most of the attention will rightly go to the public rights discussion, I want to briefly ...
JD Supra

SEC v. Jarkesy: Defendants Entitled to Jury Trial in SEC Fraud Actions

Seventh Amendment entitles defendants to jury trials when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud. In a recent decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held in SEC v. Jarkesy that the SEC's ...
JD Supra

Supreme Court Limits SEC Administrative Proceedings

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, 1 holding that the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial applies to enforcement actions seeking civil penalties for alleged ...
Tennessean

Compromise between 18th century political rivals created America's jury trial system

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...
The Hill

The Supreme Court recently ruled to safeguard civil rights — but no one’s talking about it

Over the course of the last few weeks, there has been much talk in legal and political circles about the implications of the Supreme Court opinion on Securities and Exchange Commission v. George ...
Forbes

Why You May Soon Lose Your Right To Trial By Jury

Trial by jury is a bedrock right of the U.S. Constitution–and not only for criminal cases but also for certain civil cases, as guaranteed in the Constitution’s Seventh Amendment. But over the years, ...
Reason

Justice Gorsuch Argues that the Seventh Amendment Should Apply to the States

From today's opinion by Justice Gorsuch respecting the denial of certiorari in Thomas v. Humboldt County: But whatever one's position on matters like those, it is hard to imagine how the Seventh ...