"Now, these same spouses are being told to file a claim...yet are only being granted a maximum of six months retroactivity from their most recent date of contact with the SSA," the letter states.

Not at all. While it made the new rules binding in the future, the Johnson decision simply refused to force retroactivity on the states. Which left the states free to apply Miranda to past cases.

Florida courts are now beginning to weigh in on the retroactivity of these reforms and whether they apply to claims that arose before the statutes took effect. A recent appellate decision ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is at the center of a heated debate following the implementation of the Social Security Equity Act. This legislation, signed into law in January 2025 ...

The New York State Supreme Court, which is a trial court, ruled that New York’s regulation that attempts to limit Public Law ...

Judge Liman also noted that the 2021 Amendment stated that it was intended to take effect ninety days after it became law, and concluded: “absent a specific pronouncement of retroactivity ...

Since then, litigation has ensued regarding retroactivity and constitutionality of FAPA. In October 2024, in East Fork Funding, LLC v. U.S. Bank, National Association, As Trustee For Greenpoint ...

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Many in the legal system say retroactivity will overload the court system and lead to serious offenders being freed because they accepted a plea bargain to a lesser charge. Criminal justice reform ...

Hence, according to the letter, it fails to pass the second requirement. "In fact, retroactivity could actually lead to absurd outcomes, which courts are directed to avoid when interpreting ...