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There has always been something disturbingly retroactive, after-the-fact, about natural selection as an explanation of life, even when propounded by someone as eloquent as Dawkins.
Also, the final rule is not intended to have any retroactive effect and administrative procedures must be exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of the rule.
Section 3(b)(2)(D) requires agencies to specify in clear language the retroactive effect, if any, given to the regulation.
Won 87 SSI/SSD cases enabling clients to receive $850,016 in retroactive benefits, saving state taxpayers $441,786 and enabling people with disabilities to live with dignity.
The agency reviewed this rule under Executive Order 12998, Civil Justice Reform, and determined that the provisions of the final rule are not retroactive and that they