Sarbanes - Unconstitutional? Yes Argues Ken Starr

Its own creator, Mike Oxley, said it was, "hastily written and enacted." In a WSJ Op/Ed Ken Starr says that it may be unconstitutional as well.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act powerfully illustrates the law of unintended consequences. Due to hasty drafting by Congress in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, Sarbox has cost the U.S. economy over $1 trillion, according to one study published by the AEI-Brookings Center. To add insult to grievous injury, it is unconstitutional.
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It is time to call Congress back, both to help our economy and reaffirm that our constitutional system imposes clear limits on the government's urgent desire to "do something." Congress must be reminded that the "solution" is at times worse than the problem.