You aren't paying attention. JP Morgan-Chase is a criminal enterprise, much like the Cosa Nostra. Take a minute and Google, "JP Morgan-Chase criminal activities".
Here's one:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...99K00S20131021
Part of their scam is to bribe muni bosses in order to make 'deals' favorable to the bank ... and ruinous to the communities. Here's another:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aF_f8gLLNvn0
That's just one of the mega-banks. There are two dozen of them, all have engaged in price fixing [[Libor scandal and ongoing fixing of forex markets, oil markets) bribery, collusion, trading with customers' funds, stealing from fiduciary accounts and insider trading.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago and Orr was pushing for a deal between Detroit and Barclays over cash flow from one of the Detroit casinos. Barclays is another crooked bank this one in the UK. "Why Barclays and not another bank?" you might ask. The answer is that Barclays put the most cash under the table: this is how banks and government 'agencies' interact, if you believe otherwise you are naive.
Orr is an agent of the banks not Detroit; the state not Detroit. His job is to get Michigan off the hook just like his job was to get the Feds off the hook w/ the auto company bankruptcy.
Also, you need to better understand the jurisdictional limits to the various courts. Bankruptcy courts are administrative, at the lowest rung of the Federal judiciary food chain. Administrative courts hear trademark and patent cases as well as CFR disputes involving Federal rules and disputes involving agencies such as Social Security and Medicare, etc. Above them are Federal Courts that hear matters involving US Code- and Constitution: there are Federal Magistrates, District Courts, Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Parallel jurisdiction are the state courts which are -- with the Federal courts -- constitutional courts. Administrative courts are rule courts, they are subordinate to state law where applicable.
Likewise, any citizen in Detroit can petition the Federal District Court to appoint a special master to oversee any bankruptcy action so that it conforms to US Code as well as serve the interest of justice. This demand has not been made but it certainly shall be.
Orr has a very short window before people start asking pointed questions about his lavish spending ... like where is the money coming from.
Because the State court in Michigan has already ruled [[somewhat confusingly) it is likely the jurisdiction issue will make its way to the US Supreme Court: there is no glamor to 'saving' Detroit as there was to 'saving' GM or Chrysler. The city is already conceded by the establishment to the voracious banks. So ... it's not up to the bankruptcy judge at all.
Save your faith: bankruptcy cannot 'save' Detroit, only divert what remains of Detroit funds to the bankers ... discharge as much of the state's obligations onto Detroit taxpayers as possible.
As for Tea Party, they are working for the governor and in the state legislature.