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aggiesal

(10,913 posts) Tue Jun 13, 2017, 04:47 PM Jun 2017

Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court [View all]

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 [View all] 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