[pierat]

> Compare the SEC's actions to a simple traffic ticket:

Which is also extremely problematic. Supposedly in a real courtroom, police are no different citizen-wise, but in traffic court, they're sacred.

Traffic court is a kangaroo court, and an 'administrative loss of constitutional rights cause it would be too expensive'.

Regardless who this person is (a hedge fund manager), if the government is fining or otherwise punishing you, it absolutely should be under a jury trial.

(Of course, we then deal with what a jury of your peers are, but that's another SCOTUS challenge.)

[kevin_thibedeau]

I sustained serious injuries (deep lacerations, multiple fractures) last May when a driver on a suspended learner's permit abruptly turned in front of me when I had the right of way through an intersection. He and the cop never showed up for the trial which the traffic court prosecutor only notified me of three days days in advance.

I received the redacted body camera video a month after the trial and had the displeasure of watching the asshole cop being chummy and apologetic to the driver because he had to write a single ticket for the existing suspension. No tickets at all for the multiple traffic violations despite having talked to a witness who saw everything happen (conveniently redacted from the video). Instead the driver got the absolute bare minimum wrist slap of another suspension which I have no confidence will actually be processed consecutively.