Carr v. Saul

Carr v. Saul, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

Carr v. Saul
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 3, 2021 Decided April 22, 2021
Full case name	Willie Earl Carr, et al. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security John J. Davis, et al. v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security
Docket nos.	19-1442 20-105
Citations	593 U.S. ___ (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
A petitioner need not challenge the constitutionality of an agency's structure under the Appointments Clause in an internal agency administrative proceeding in order to present that challenge in court on appeal.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh; Thomas, Gorsuch, Barrett (Parts I, II–A, and II–B–2); Breyer (Parts I, II–B–1, and II–B–2)
Concurrence	Thomas (in part and in the judgment), joined by Gorsuch, Barrett
Concurrence	Breyer (in part and in the judgment)
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2