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Omerrieal Woods faces phony ‘driving’ charges in East Ridge city court; his defense?

State traffic laws put commerce under police jurisdiction, such as enforcement by Tennessee Highway Patrol, whose badge makes clear his authority over commerce. East Ridge resident Omerrieal Woods faces East Ridge city court judge Chris Helton on the charge of “driving without a license.” Mr. Woods, a VW worker on the late shift, has never […]

Prolifers in TN debate irrelevancies as tots butchered

Baby destroyed by an “abortion doctor” ends up in a trashbag, head down, foot up. (Photo LiveAction.org) Pro-life debate over a Tennessee monument bill misses point. Because Christians have not fought for abolition of baby killing, we have arguments over important topics such as this: Whether a bill for a memorial to unborn murder victims […]

Teacher Spencer arrested: A glance into soul of accused, & of ‘the system’

Top photo, Raquel Eleana Spencer in 2016, from her Facebook page. And, bottom photo, from her Whitfield County arrest mugshot in a drug case that expanded into a sexual exploitation by an authority figure criminal charge. Who is Raquel Spencer, and what she is suffering? My reflections on the arrest of teacher Raquel Eleana Spencer  […]

Residents take a lot of abuse from government; just don’t try to boot them from houses

Residents applaud a statement made by a city council member at a raucous East Ridge city council meeting consumed with objections to an expansive “redevelopment” plan. (Photos David Tulis) Meredith Moore, 30, a renter in East Ridge who works at a Christian nonprofit organization, is scandalized at the seeming low qualifications of members of East […]

East Ridge, Chattanooga should consider becoming safe havens from Title 55

Front page of East Ridge traffic court docket April 24, 2018. (Photo David Tulis) Cities across Tennessee already are sanctuary cities, even though a bill to prevent sanctuary cities was approved in the general assembly. A bill to prevent local governments from taking a position on immigration and the legal status newcomers to the country […]

Civil asset forfeiture law yields private cars to highwayman, shields commercial vehicles

Private cars and trucks are subjject to the state forfeiture statute, but not vehicles in commerce. (Photo Gribblenation) The distinction in Tennessee law between travel and transportation is found everywhere. Today I am talking with state Rep. Mike Carter regarding reform in the civil asset forfeiture statute that pares back some of the evils of […]