Axon wins jurisdictional challenge against FTC

Axon Enterprise, on Friday, secured a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory allowing its constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure and existence to proceed in Federal court. With federal court jurisdiction now firmly confirmed, Axon can pursue its challenge to the FTC’s inherently biased structure, which improperly combines investigatory, prosecutorial and adjudicatory functions, ensuring the agency’s success in its own home court every time. Also at issue is Axon’s separation of powers challenge to the Commission and its appointed administrative law judge’s authority to act at all under the current statutory removal scheme.