Category: Common law rights

This 10-minute movie sequence dramatizes the fight of the common man against commercial government. The famous story of the Battle of Athens in 1946 starts in Etowah, about 20 miles northeast of Cleveland, Tenn., where …

(This essay is the second of two parts. Please read Part I for a review of controlling court cases.) By David Tulis Eric Kiesche stands before city court Judge Sherry Paty, he says later, surrounded …

By David Tulis The battle of local economy is one in which the promises of the credit economy salesman at the front door so preoccupy us that we scarce pay any attention to the looting …

A bill before the Tennessee senate would let the people’s elected representatives take a stand on the integrity of the state of Tennessee as a political entity. The boundary line separating Tennessee from other states …

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.” — 4th Amendment to the federal constitution The state must “safeguard …

I have long followed the work of the Fully Informed Jury Association. Here’s a brief explainer. The authority of the jury is one that is preventative and defensive and negative, but not restorative of the …

(This story first appeared when Red Bank voted to banish the traffic camera system. It explores the queer jurisdiction of city courts and the mixing of civil and criminal cases.) Red Bank, a small municipal …

The jury system for finding criminals guilty arises from a biblical framework of justice. Since juries also find men not guilty, it is a calling that can be honorably obeyed. God’s law establishes the concept …