Quote of the Day

Alliteration Is Awesome, Ain’t It?

Who knew the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act could be so much fun? This guy!

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Disruptive dinnertime calls, downright deceit, and more besides drew Congress’s eye to the debt collection industry. From that scrutiny emerged the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act….

— Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. — his first opinion for SCOTUS, and proof that his lively writing style and penchant for alliteration have made it to the high court intact. (Gavel bang: Amy Howe, in this morning’s SCOTUSblog liveblog.)


DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].