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US Supreme Court holds issue exhaustion not required in Social Security administrative law judge hearings

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Thursday held that Social Security disability claimants are not bound by the issue-exhaustion requirement in administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings. Issue exhaustion is the principle that parties in an administrative review first raise an issue with the agency before bringing the matter to federal court.

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US appeals court orders dismissal of Marjorie Taylor Greene lawsuit over candidacy challenge

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The voters cited the Challenge Statute of the Fourteenth Amendment, which allows eligible voters to file a pre-election challenge to a candidate’s qualifications for state or federal office. An administrative law judge ruled that the challengers lacked sufficient evidence to prove that Greene engaged in the January 6 insurrection.

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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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Cochran is a Fifth Circuit case about district courts’ power to hear challenges regarding the constitutionality of SEC’s administrative law proceedings. Hendrix will address the question of. Cochran is. The court is anticipated to hear arguments in these two cases in the fall.

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Immigration, takings, administrative law and the kitchen sink

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The government takes the position that the statute forecloses only review of discretionary decisions not to grant relief, not factual findings that are factored into those decisions.) The court also has a pair of new administrative law cases, both captioned American Hospital Association v. Becerra and with consecutive numbers.

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How Corner Post Affects Enviro Laws' Statutes Of Limitations

Law 360

Federal Reserve Board has helped to alter the fundamental underpinnings of administrative law — and its plaintiff-centric approach may have implications for some specific environmental laws' statutes of limitations, say Chris Leason and Liam Martin at Gallagher and Kennedy. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Corner Post v.

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Justices reject issue-exhaustion requirement for Social Security claimants

SCOTUSBlog

So a refusal to allow this argument would have left the claimants with no remedy for the admittedly unconstitutional appointment of the administrative law judges that rejected their Social Security claims.

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US Supreme Court considers appointment of patent judges

JURIST

a case that intersects patent law, administrative law and the separation of powers. Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed concern that if administrative law judges were considered inferior officers, they would be subjected to total presidential control. Arthrex, Inc.,

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