Out d'Coup | SPECIAL: Colleen Bradley and Her Lawyer Dan Kearney on PASSHE Whistleblower Case

<p>This is a special rebroadcast of our interview with whistleblower Colleen Bradley - former Vice President of Administration & Finance at West Chester University - and her lawyer, Dan Kearney. This is a follow up from last week's show from Raging Chicken's documentary about her case. Here's the description from the original podcast on March 29, 2018: </p> <p>***</p> <p>On today’s Out d’Coup Xtra, Kevin Mahoney interviews Colleen Bradley and her lawyer, Dan Kearney, about her whistleblower case that is knocking on the door of the U.S. Supreme Court. <a href='https://ragingchickenpress.org/2015/05/20/budgeting-an-art-not-a-science-whistle-blower-alleges-fraud-and-deception-at-west-chester-university/'>Colleen Bradley was the former Director of Budget and Financial Planning at West Chester University who blew the whistle</a> in 2014 about fraudulent budget practices at WCU and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. When she outed the fraud to the university community, she was fired. Bradley’s suit initially appeared to be a textbook case of an employer retaliating against an employee for blowing the whistle on corruption and financial malpractice. However, the U.S. Third Circuit Court denied Bradley First Amendment whistleblower protection in a manner that threatens to dramatically narrow whistleblower protections for every public employee in the nation. Bradley is in the process of filing a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision.</p> <p>If the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review the lower court’s decision, the rights of public employees - and all potential whistleblowers - will be gutted.</p> <p><a href='https://ragingchickenpress.org/2015/05/20/budgeting-an-art-not-a-science-whistle-blower-alleges-fraud-and-deception-at-west-chester-university/'>Raging Chicken Press reported on Colleen Bradley’s case</a> when she filed her <a href='https://ragingchickenpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bradley-Complaint.pdf'>62-page complaint</a> against West Che