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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

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The question is whether the United States is such a successful litigant that the court will grant review even in cases it doesn’t want the court to review. In addition, the Supreme Court held a few years back that the appointment procedures for SEC administrative law judges violate the Constitution’s appointments clause.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable.