It’s how the law was set up. Revocation is an administrative process with an ALJ. The only tool Congress saw fit to give to the SEC as a unilateral action was a 10 day suspension...to serve as a warning to investors.
The warning is taken very seriously by the market given the reaction that almost all suspended stocks sees when the stock reopens on the grey’s.
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