D.C. Circuit Panel Splits 2-1 on Constitutionality of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:
A very interesting Appointments Clause question, discussed in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The split is 2-1, with liberal Judith Rogers and conservative Janice Rogers Brown (no known relation) in the majority, and conservative Brett Kavanaugh dissenting.
UPDATE: Here's Hans Bader's criticism of the majority's reasoning. Hans was one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs.
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- Breaking: Sarbanes-Oxley to the Supremes:
- Will Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB Go Up?
- Rehearing Sought in PCAOB Case:
- Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB -- Humphrey's Executor Squared:
- D.C. Circuit Panel Splits 2-1 on Constitutionality of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:
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