The SEC’s CAT has hidden in alleys long enough
Rarely does a federal agency concede that the program it is defending in court needs to be drastically overhauled. As Advancing American Freedom has stated in its amicus brief, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created a serious constitutional contravention with its Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), a massive, invasive database of Americans’ personal information. The agency has spent the past year quietly rewriting CAT’s rules while trying to avoid defending its legality in court.
- ▪Rarely does a federal agency concede that the program it is defending in court needs to be drastically overhauled.
- ▪As Advancing American Freedom has stated in its amicus brief, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created a serious constitutional contravention with its Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), a massive, invasive database of Americans’ pe
- ▪The agency has spent the past year quietly rewriting CAT’s rules while trying to avoid defending its legality in court.
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| Publication time | Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 |
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Rarely does a federal agency concede that the program it is defending in court needs to be drastically overhauled. As Advancing American Freedom has stated in its amicus brief, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created a serious constitutional contravention with its Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), a massive, invasive database of Americans’ personal information. The agency has spent the past year quietly rewriting CAT’s rules while trying to avoid defending its legality in court. While the SEC seeks delays in Davidson v. Atkins, the case challenging CAT, the database continues to swell.CAT is the SEC’s database that tracks every single stock and options order, execution, and cancellation in the U.S. financial markets in real time.
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