Researching for my own cases, other tragedies of our failing system of law and order come to my attention. This is one.

My petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court is due October 7th.

There are many issues about debt collection that will come to light through briefing at the Supreme Court. It would be a blessing to have advocacy by a public or consumer protection law firm or organization, instead of working alone as a pro se litigant.

The question that is likely to receive cert compares the courts’ treatment of deference to regulatory agencies’ interpretations of statutes, with the vacuum around the interpretation of facts collected by the same regulatory agencies from laborious analysis of Civil Investigatory Demands.

Skidmore, Chevron and Loper Bright Enterprises all deal with the deference given to regulatory interpretations of statutory law written by Congress and regulations written by the agencies. No one (that I can find) has asked that deference be given to analysis of facts that are collected by public agencies, using public tax dollars. This analysis should belong to the People.

Judge Lee P. Rudofsky does not agree. He decided that an alleged debtor who complained that Portfolio Recovery Associates failed to vet the debt, could not rely on the analysis of PRA’s debt collecting practices that addressed portfolios purchased in the same timeframe as the alleged debt. PRA settled the lawsuit that arose from the CFPB’s investigation for over $20,000,000. Judge Rudofsky said there was no reasonable juror who could agree that PRA committed its bad behavior against the alleged debtor, me.

If you are willing and able to practice law in front of the United States Supreme Court or able to fund this effort, please contact me at bohemian_books@yahoo.com.

The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division has launched a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to uncover and prosecute corporate crime. Under this pilot program, a whistleblower who provides the Criminal Division with original and truthful information about corporate misconduct that results in a successful forfeiture may be eligible for an award.

Here are the guidelines.

Do you have information about PRA Group affiliate Portfolio Recovery Associates altering business records, such as deleting entries from calling lists and communication logs?

Do you have information about the debt collector committing fraud on the court in debt collection cases or defense of FDCPA violations?

Do you have information about Portfolio Recovery Associates making intentionally false statements to the CFPB during a CID?

We need brave employees to stand up against corruption. The potential award, a percentage of the forfeiture from the corrupt company exceeding $1,000,000, should act as a bravery pill.*

*I am not a licensed doctor, and my suggestion that you take the bravery pill is only metaphorical.

The rhetoric from the left and the right sounds purposefully divisive. The following is speculative, but certainly a plausible theory:

J.D. Vance brought up the high prices at the grocery store since Kamala Harris took office. He is right. For a moment, I leaned back toward the Republican ticket. Then it got in my head… Trump appointed federal judge Lee P. Rudofsky was counsel to Walmart immediately before taking his position on the bench.

I personally know how dark and sinister Judge Rudofsky is, that he lied outright in his opinions favoring debt collector Portfolio Recovery Associates, who buy Walmart debt.

It is not beyond Rudofsky and his bunch to purposefully raise prices for common household goods while their cronies are out of office, to make the sitting president look bad and make an outrageous profit too.

But, if Trump is put back in place, will prices fall? Questionable. The first thing I learned in Econ101 is that prices are sticky downward. Now that Walmart knows it can squeeze the ordinary person for twice the price for food, without raising wages for the masses by anywhere close to 100%, it will be hard to drop the prices. It is probably easier to invent a new narrative of why the prices are stuck high and it is the other side’s fault.

For whatever reason, the economy has gone to hell on the Democrats’ watch. And I hate losing personal liberties like we did with vaccine mandates. The gun confiscations proposed by Democrats are clearly in violation of the 2nd amendment. And I believe life starts at conception. I agree with Nicole Shanahan that there are cases in which bringing a child to full term is outweighed by the risks to the mother or the viability of the child’s life. I don’t think we can force a woman to go to extraordinary measures to keep the fetus, and in fact had a spontaneous abortion once myself. That was God’s will, not mine. I did follow my doctor’s advice and had the D&C. That seemed like common sense.

Still hopeful for leadership that wants peace and prosperity for all, I looked at a few Robert F. Kennedy – Nicole Shanahan videos. This one doesn’t directly discuss court, though immigration is a legal issue. It does show that the independent candidates are thoughtful and bright. Please listen to them yourself. Then introduce them to one friend.