As urged by the AHA, the U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously reversed a 9th Circuit decision that impliedly stripped federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission structure, procedures and existence. Ruling in the FTC case and another case involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court said, “The statutory review schemes set out in the Securities Exchange Act and Federal Trade Commission Act do not displace a district court’s federal-question jurisdiction over claims challenging as unconstitutional the structure or existence of the SEC or FTC.” 

As a result of this decision, parties may bring claims in federal court alleging that “the structure, or even existence, of an agency violates the Constitution” without having to first go through costly and time-consuming administrative proceedings before the SEC or FTC.

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