Gupta sued the SEC in federal court, saying that the administrative proceeding deprived him of his constitutional right to a jury and also deprived him of the pre-trial discovery available in federal court but not in administrative proceedings.

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And in an article in the New York Times this week the White House chief counsel, Alberto Gonzales, stepped back on one point: defendants will have the right of appeal to civilian courts (through a habeas corpus proceeding).

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Absolutely, I think that there are a number of concerns that get raised by the way we are proceeding right now.

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