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aggiesal

(10,915 posts) Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:47 PM Jun 2017

Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court

Could not find this story anywhere on DU, but I think it's an important one.

Basically, SCOTUS ruled that buyers of defaulted upon loans are not debt collectors as defined in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and therefore not subject to the requirements of that law.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gorsuch-unanimous-opinion-supreme-court-47984626

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Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court (Original Post) aggiesal Jun 2017 OP

So buyers of the loans can abuse those who defaulted still_one Jun 2017 #1

Ding, ding, ding, ding. ... aggiesal Jun 2017 #2

Only in a vague sense, in a link to a live blog yesterday. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #3

Isn't this the second such ruling where the liberal justices sided with the conservatives Jake Stern Jun 2017 #4

Or the law is full of holes Bradical79 Jun 2017 #5

That's what it sounds like to me. Ms. Toad Jun 2017 #6

If the vote is 9-0 GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #11

The Court's newest Justice is always assigned a unanimous decision for his first opinion. former9thward Jun 2017 #7

It was posted in LBN BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #8

Thanks, ... aggiesal Jun 2017 #9

I ended up using "fair debt" as a search term BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #10

still_one

(98,883 posts)

1. So buyers of the loans can abuse those who defaulted

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:57 PM

Jun 2017

aggiesal

(10,915 posts)

2. Ding, ding, ding, ding. ...

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:01 PM

Jun 2017

We have a winner!!!

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,757 posts)

3. Only in a vague sense, in a link to a live blog yesterday.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:02 PM

Jun 2017

Today at the Supreme Court: Live blog of orders and opinions - June 12, 2017

Jake Stern

(3,146 posts)

4. Isn't this the second such ruling where the liberal justices sided with the conservatives

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:17 PM

Jun 2017

in order to fuck over the little guy along with the decision which basically allows Wall Street to take your money and keep it?

Are they being held at gun point or something?

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)

5. Or the law is full of holes

Reply to Jake Stern (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:37 PM

Jun 2017

They still have to work with the law as a base.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)

6. That's what it sounds like to me.

Reply to Bradical79 (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 05:49 PM

Jun 2017

Or perhaps collection techniquest have changed to get around the law as originally written (which happens quite a lot - you plug a hole, and someone creates a new one).

So the law needs fix - when the law is statutory court's aren't supposed to create the law, merely interpret what Congress wrote..

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

11. If the vote is 9-0

Reply to Jake Stern (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 07:35 PM

Jun 2017

The law was bad. Judges are not social activists.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)

7. The Court's newest Justice is always assigned a unanimous decision for his first opinion.

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:20 PM

Jun 2017

BumRushDaShow

(172,297 posts)

8. It was posted in LBN

Reply to aggiesal (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:28 PM

Jun 2017

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141797199

aggiesal

(10,915 posts)

9. Thanks, ...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 06:58 PM

Jun 2017

I searched for the story before I posted.
Couldn't find it.

I looked for
"debt collection"
not
"debt-collection"

BumRushDaShow

(172,297 posts)

10. I ended up using "fair debt" as a search term

Reply to aggiesal (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 07:01 PM

Jun 2017

on regular google and found this thread and the LBN one!

I just remember reading it yesterday since I usually sit on DU's front page and read the news posts most of the time.

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