(December 4, 2017, 2:07 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a change of course, the U.S. government in a Nov. 29 respondent’s brief asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeal of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court 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.)....