Several weeks ago, FEDmanager reported on oral argument at the Supreme Court of the United States in Carr v. Saul. In this case, the issue was whether Social Security Administration (SSA) claimants who did not raise an Appointments Clause challenge at the administrative level forfeited their ability to challenge the validity of decisions by improperly appointed SSA administrative law judges once they appealed the decisions to federal court, pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in Lucia v. SEC. On April 22, 2021, the Supreme Court held that courts should not impose an “issue exhaustion” requirement on claims under the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.