Social Security News

     I don't know how, if at all, this ever impacts Social Security but the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an interesting opini...

     The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments at 10:00 today in two cases that present the issue of when a Social Security clai...

      More and more questions are being asked about Andrew Saul's status. What is this "Acting Commissioner" business? If he&...

      Below is the memo that came out yesterday about personnel changes at Social Security. Click on it to view it at full size.        Andr...

     From Emergency Message EW-21002 : This emergency message provides guidance to administrative law judges (ALJs) and Appeals Council (AC...

      The nearest comparable situation to the one we have now with the Commissioner of Social Security holding over or not holding over into...

      Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Collins v. Mnuchin which concerns two quasi-governmental corporations...

      In June of 2018 the Supreme Court held in Lucia v. SEC that Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) as of that date were unconstitutional be...

     I've been wondering about a couple of things. First, what is happening in Puerto Rico (and other U.S. territories) when claiman...

     I can't confirm it but there's a report that Social Security is starting to track Seila Law objections to ALJs holding he...

     From Regulating Impartiality In Agency Adjudication by Kent Barnett, 69 Duke L.J.1695-1748 (2020): ... [T]he majorities in Luc...