Cops handcuff, arrest 10 schoolkids, legitimize authority with violence

Karl Durr, police chief of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The handcuffing and arrest of 10 elementary school children in Murfreesboro, Tenn., during school on April 15 is a picture of the religious presuppositions of the modern state. Their abuse during a matter of bullying outside Hobgood Elementary school suggests how police act as enforcers not just of […]

Tennessee county ready to confiscate reporter cellphones, laptops as ‘weapons’

A citizen entering Lawrence County, Tenn., courthouse goes through a new screening process. Cell phones and other standard equipment of media are confiscated. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s department via Facebook) The brittleness of the state is evident in its precautions for the “safety” of its facilities and employees. Across the country paramilitary organizations engaged by […]

How state gains control of public right of way & innocent private activity

Clarksville, Tenn., patrolmen stop a traveler in a car, presumably with probable cause. (Photo Clarksville police department) Let’s briefly solve a mystery. How is it that state government has authority over people using the public right-of-way in cars and trucks for which they have paid for with their own money? By David Tulis How is […]

In TN, what to pray about: 6 things the Lord hates, even 7

In happier days, Charlotte Whitaker toys with son Jaden before state government kidnapped him in 2013 and severed his parents’ rights. (Photo Medicalkidnap.com) Is the state evil? Is the state the source of peril, danger, wickedness, threat, injury and death to families in Tennessee? Is the state the source of decapitalization, loss, loss of hope, […]

Reform will end immunity privilege for violent state actors

Cops have qualified immunity, protecting them against prosecution or civil claims when innocent people are killed or injured. It’s no slight matter that the legal status of Christians is increasingly under attack and that the immunities of state actors and parties favored by the state are increasing. Immunity is often in view today with repeated […]

Regaining lost legal status as natural persons on other side of debacle

Katie and Channing Kilgore in Whitwell, Tenn., are starting a family. They’d like their children to belong to them, not the state. It’s hard to fix into the same spot questions about the coming national debacle and your personal legal status. If my reading of economic theory and free markets is accurate, the republic faces […]

Hirsch gets probation, F$2,000 fine for courageous stand

A Tennessee motorist has been charged for driving without a license. (Photo Interstatedrugbust.com) By David Tulis A constitution-minded laborer who offended members of a jury was sentenced to probation and a fine for his exercise of rights forgotten by Tennesseans since the 1930s. A judge who had blithely ignored his challenges over jurisdiction and who […]

If we were a free people, who would pay?

Reflections on the conviction of Arthur Jay Hirsch for the exercise of constitutional rights in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2015. You may also enjoy these related essays by David Tulis and Roger Roots Free-range motorist seeks to vaporize charges, asks they be heard ‘in agency’ ‘Fiddle man’ vows appeal after jury rejects constitutional protections Hirsch […]

Commoners take licks, hope for best as Marceaux argues before Judge Lasley

Basil Marceaux, the night’s most noted defendant, argues a point in Soddy-Daisy sessions court Tuesday as Judge Marty Lasley waits to fire back. (Photo David Tulis) Sessions court meets every Tuesday in the north Hamilton County town of Soddy-Daisy, its judge mild mannered but coming to the bench with a list of minimum expectations. (Photo […]

A night in Soddy-Daisy city court: Lasley corrals herd of petty defendants

A murder defendant stands before Judge Mart Lasley in Soddy-Daisy city court in 2012. Most defendants appear for victimless petty offenses. (Photo VLB Productions on YouTube) The ugly spat between Brittney Parker and Roy Corder, 29, continues in a neon-lit courtroom in Soddy-Daisy, with the judge playing uncle and scold and town cops tossing in […]