High Court:  Disability Claimants Didn’t Forfeit Appointments Clause Challenges

Mealey's (April 22, 2021, 1:26 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Social Security disability benefits claimants who failed to raise appointments clause challenges during their administrative proceedings and did so only after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Lucia v. SEC did not forfeit their rights to first challenge the appointments of their administrative law judges (ALJs) in federal court, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 22....