Rick is a constitutional strategist and systems analyst with over two decades of experience at the intersection of law, policy, and institutional reform.

A former tech entrepreneur and educator turned legal strategist, Rick's focus is singular: ensuring America lives up to its founding ideals and preserving individual liberty.

The target of a uniquely controversial and political federal prosecution, Rick's path reveals both the fragility of constitutional protections and the extraordinary potential for reform.

A 20-year personal legal battle, with a single set of fraud allegations in repeated prosecutions (four indictments), multiple dismissals for illegal government conduct, repeated judicial findings of prosecutorial abuses and constitutional violations, and two trials—ultimately resulted in a split jury verdict. In 2019 Rick was sentenced to 170 months in federal prison. He is still in prison.

After experiencing the destruction of his public reputation, and lengthy separation from his family, a pending Section 2255 petition (filed in 2023), supported by the government's failure to dispute several serious constitutional violations including government sponsored perjury, could finally lead to Rick's exoneration.

Nevertheless, Rick’s work is defined not by what he has endured, but by what he continues to build. Recently, as a legal strategist, he has helped defense attorneys, nonprofit coalitions, and justice-impacted individuals secure acquittals, sentence reductions, compassionate releases, and successful habeas outcomes, consistently targeting unjust government overreach.

Rick has served as policy advisor, educator, and public communicator—turning complex legal and political systems into accessible frameworks for civic action. From founding a private liberal arts university, to teaching at public high schools, and hosting nationally syndicated radio, his background blends intellectual rigor with real-world reform.

Selected Background

Founder: GlobalCentral.com (tech), American Founders University (education), FreeCapitalist.com (civics), ventures in real estate, publishing, finance.

Media: Host, Free Capitalist Radio—nationally syndicated.

Legal Strategy: Contributing analyst for habeas/post-conviction initiatives; advisor to law firms, nonprofits.

Rick lives in the Rocky Mountains with his wife Jewel Franklin. Eight children, nine grandchildren.

Forthcoming projects include a revised Primer, an educational course on the 13 Principles, and his debut fiction novel.