Mealey's (February 20, 2018, 2:22 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 20 granted a motion for leave to dispense with preparation of joint index filed by petitioners in an appeal of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges (ALJs) are constitutional officers pursuant to the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution (Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 17-130, U.S. Sup.)....