Local economy & its enemies: Absolutism of administrative law
Dr. Philip Hamburger (Photo Columbia Law School) [The marketplace arguments for local economy and liberty of action are in our day pressed down nearly to death by the regulatory state. A main source of power for the total security state is administrative law, which absorbs any of those with whom the state has a conflict […]
Establishment gangs up to deprive Tennesseans vote on judges
The state’s business and political establishment supports force-fitting the constitution to fit an illegal law. Please read my essay at this link. Tweet Pin It
As state abuses worsen, we ask: What is the color of law?
The paper dollar caper: American currency prior to the national government’s abandonment of honest money. Text of Federal Reserve note makes the green rectangle an “I owe you nothing” instrument. Under color of law, how about. By David Tulis We often say that state actors who violate your rights are acting under color of law. […]
Why I refuse to marry couples under state license
Many couples marry under the authority of a state license rather than exercising common law rights. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin photography, Chattanooga) By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license to marry their future spouse. The file their paperwork with the state unquestioningly. They […]
Gnome insists on roadway rights apart from licensing demands
By David Tulis I have a driver’s license. So do you. So why my interest in that user of the road who refuses to obtain a driver’s licenses from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security? Why do I care about him and spill ink on his behalf? Because they are defenders of the […]
Cash boosts local economy, avoids ID hacks, Winsett says
Paying cash helps put more liquidity into local economy. By David Tulis Local economy is safe. Local economy is paying cash to people you know. National economy is not safe. Its chain stores swipe your plastic card into a reader and set you up for unwanted excitement. Thirteen million people a year are victims of identity theft. […]
How county clerk Knowles can stand before poofter claimants
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream I analyze the legal responsibilities of county clerks vis a vis the claims of federal judges, who keep ruling that two guys can marry. At issue, his oath of office, the power of judicial opinion, the claim of state law upon an officeholder, the peril of perjury, his duty […]
Critics insist metal shield in stratosphere over city impossible, only water vapor
By David Tulis A writer scolded by his public is wise if he can hear his critics and inform or revise his ideas. I have gone out on a limb over the sky striping phenomenon over Chattanooga, my hometown and yours. I’ve asked myself, why get into this topic that seems impossible to write about […]
If county clerk caves under gay ruling, citizen ‘relators’ given authority to oust him
An authority on the lesser magistrate doctrine is Matt Trewhella at lessermagistrate.com, from which this image is taken. By David Tulis Christians and people of religious interest Monday exulted in a defense by the federal high court of Hobby Lobby and the Green family, spared an Obamacare rule that would have forced them to pay […]
Relying on people, new local economy will burst through old
(Cartoon The Moneychanger newsletter) [I published this essay from The Moneychanger in August 2012, but I suspect as you are a new reader and missed it. — DJT] By Franklin Sanders Let’s face a reality most Americans refuse to confess: America is not the land of the free. Not only does very little freedom — […]