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U.S. Supreme Court

Dec. 9, 2009

Separation of Powers Questioned

Addressing a delicate separation of powers issue, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday weighed the constitutionality of a section of the accounting law passed by Congress in the aftermath of the Enron Corp. scandal.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Addressing a delicate separation of powers issue, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday weighed the constitutionality of a section of an accounting law passed by Congress in the aftermath of the Enron Corp. scandal.

Under scrutiny is the creation under the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, an independent five-member body that regulates ac...

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