You couldn’t “request a jury trial”. That was the point of the suit. Yes, civil penalties are a thing. But the argument that prevailed was that this was not a

You couldn’t “request a jury trial”. That was the point of the suit. Yes, civil penalties are a thing. But the argument that prevailed was that this was not a penalty for speeding or not paying enough tax, this was a penalty for alleged actions that amounted to common law fraud & Congress can’t delegate the adjudication of common law—civil or criminal—to an administrative agency.