President at Lincoln Legal Foundation
Born and reared in Gary, Indiana, Joseph Morris earned his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He held several positions in the Reagan administration, and heads the Lincoln Legal Foundation — “individual liberties, limited, constitutional government.” He is also on the board of advisers of the conservative Federalist Society, and is a former managing editor of The American Spectator. Over the years, he has held leadership positions in the Republican Party, including president of the United Republican Fund Illinois.
Latest posts by Joseph Morris (see all)
- Dick Thornberg, R.I.P. - January 3, 2021
- Marking the 36th Anniversary of the Founding of Heartland Institute - October 24, 2020
- A Modest Proposal About Presidential Debates - September 30, 2020
On Monday of this week, the Supreme Court handed down the first decision written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Writing for a unanimous Court affirming the Fourth Circuit in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc., Justice Gorsuch held that a debt collector seeking to collect a debt that was owed to itself was not obliged to obey an act of Congress that regulates the activities of debt collectors seeking to collect debts owed to third parties.
Justice Gorsuch’s opinion is concise and eminently readable. Non-lawyer consumers, lawyers, and even Federal judges will understand it. He holds that a statute applies to those to whom it says it applies, and not to others.
