Social Security News

      The Supreme Court has declined to hear one of the Conn cases. The issue in this case is the statutory provision requiring that the ag...

      Social Security is trying to worm its way out of the federal courts applying the new rule changing past relevant work from 15 years to...

      The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has an unusual funding mechanism. The law says it can draw funds “reasonably necessary...

      Because an article about Supreme Court ethics issues I quoted mentioned a gift offered by a Social Security claimant to a federal judg...

      Michael Ponsor, a Senior U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts, has written an op ed for the New York Times titled A Federal Judg...

     When I read that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received private extremely valuable considerations  from those interested in the...

From a letter from Senator Ron Wyden to John Roberts, the Chief Justice: I write with concern that federal courts are failing in their lega...

      Earlier this week I had noted that 16 of the 19 of the cases argued before the Supreme Court around the same time as U.S. v. Vaello-Ma...

      The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in nineteen cases in October and November 2021. By this time, opinions have been announced in ...

      From the syllabus of the Supreme Court's opinion in Babcock v. Kijakazi : This case concerns retirement benefits due under the Soc...

     After yesterday's oral argument before the Supreme Court I had expressed optimism that the Court would find it unconstitutional to ...

      I listened to the oral argument is U.S. v. Vaello-Madero . You can't always tell from oral arguments and maybe I heard what I want...

      Ian Millhiser has written an excellent summary for Vox of the legal issues presented by U.S. v. Vaello-Madero , which is to be heard ...

      I spoke too soon about SSI changes not being in the budget reconciliation bill. The legislative text is now available and it includes...

      From SCOTUSblog : Wednesday’s argument in  Babcock v Kijakazi  displayed a bench still uncertain about how to resolve a problem about ...

      From Scotusblog : Wednesday’s argument in  Babcock v Kijakazi  will take the justices deep into the intersection of the Social Securit...

     From the Supreme Court amicus brief of the American Bar Association in U.S. v. Vaello-Madero , the case presenting the question of whe...

      The Supreme Court has revised its November argument calendar and added U.S. v. Vaello-Madero on November 9. Vaello-Madero presents t...

      Probably before the end of this year the Supreme Court will hold an oral argument in the case of U.S. v. Vaello-Madero , which present...

      From the Washington Post : Ousted Social Security commissioner Andrew Saul, the Trump appointee who declared Friday he would defy his...