Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of Supreme Court v. Schweiker

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises questions concerning the jurisdiction of the federal courts to review determinations of social security coverage in advance of any claim for benefits.

The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and the Disciplinary Commission’s Administrator, brought this suit in federal district court, on their own behalf and that of the Commission’s employees past and present, against the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Acting Regional Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and the Secretary of the…