Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran
United States Supreme Court
143 S. Ct. 890 (2023)
- Written by Eric Miller, JD
Facts
In two separate cases, federal agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (defendant) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (defendant)—initiated proceedings against respondents before administrative-law judges (ALJs). One case concerned auditing practices, the other a merger. In both cases, the respondents—Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon) (plaintiff) and Michelle Cochran (plaintiff), respectively—sought to bypass the administrative proceedings by challenging the agencies’ authority in federal district court. Axon and Cochran argued that the agencies’ ALJs were insulated from executive (i.e., presidential) supervision in violation of the separation-of-powers doctrine. The United States Supreme Court considered the issue of whether the federal district courts had jurisdiction to hear the cases, as opposed to letting the cases first play out within the agency-based judicial proceedings under which both were initiated.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Kagan, J.)
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