(January 23, 2018, 1:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An attorney may brief and argue 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, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 18 (Raymond J. Lucia, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 17-130, U.S. Sup.)....