Judges Grapple With Finra's Constitutionality at Marathon Hearing

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The federal appeals judges hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of Finra peppered lawyers on both sides with questions, an indication that it may not be so easy to draw the line between what constitutes a self-regulator or an unaccountable private corporation exercising government power. The session in the D.C. Circuit today stretched into a …