> the SEC, FTC, etc get to play judge and prosecutor, so there are some definite conflicts of interest going on.
No, there's no conflict on interest here. They're a regulatory agency and their job is to regulate. Regulatory agencies don't treat everything like a court case and aren't supposed to. Kind of like how patent agencies will grant or reject patent applications but that's not them playing "judge and prosecutor", it's just them doing their job.
Conflicts of interest generally involve financial interest or similar, e.g. a judge making a ruling on a company while owning stock in that company.
There is no analagous conflict of interest here. This is just a regulatory agency doing its job.
No, there's no conflict on interest here. They're a regulatory agency and their job is to regulate. Regulatory agencies don't treat everything like a court case and aren't supposed to. Kind of like how patent agencies will grant or reject patent applications but that's not them playing "judge and prosecutor", it's just them doing their job.
Conflicts of interest generally involve financial interest or similar, e.g. a judge making a ruling on a company while owning stock in that company.
There is no analagous conflict of interest here. This is just a regulatory agency doing its job.