Dunlap’s 2-year seizure case vs. Gaddys in wrong court
Carol Gaddy, 69, stands on side side of an historic house the Dunlap, Tenn., mayor Dwain Land says is uninhabitable and a danger to the public. It is being remodeled, and all permits required for the work were entered into a two-year lawsuit by the city against Mrs. Gaddy and her husband, Thomas. (Photo David Tulis) The […]
Gaddys’ strong claim in house seizure case: City lacks probable cause
The people in the house above, that of Dunlap’s city attorney Stephen Greer, are trying to “inspect or demolish” the house below, that owned by Thomas and Carol Gaddy, private property owners who are the objects of an administrative and judicial combination. (Photos Google, David Tulis) The efforts by the city of Dunlap to “inspect” […]
City flings legal net to control house; Gaddys fight for constitutional rights
A logging truck passes in front of the law offices of city attorney Stephen Greer in Dunlap, Tenn. (Photo David Tulis) Dunlap mayor Dwain Land, a big gun lover with several rifles behind him in a glass case, signed the initial sworn civil complaint against the Gaddy family in February 2015. (Photo David Tulis) An […]
Battlefield tactics: How to deny state actor’s ‘good faith’ defense
Dunlap, Tenn., city hall is embroiled in a fight to “inspect” a house apparently outside the city boundary. Dwain Land, chief executive of a municipal corporation called City of Dunlap When people hear a reference to “state actors,” they imagine for a split second a group of people all practicing grimaces, tremulous expressions of fear […]
Homeowner accuses judge of unjust dealings, city of fraud
Faded flags of defiant causes and imperial tyranny fly at the gate of the Thomas and Carol Gaddy house just outside Dunlap, Tenn., where folksy homeowners are defying demands for a city “inspection.” (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy of Dunlap is accusing circuit court judge Thomas W. Graham of favoritism, illegal communications and the furthering […]
Musty paper trail confirms highway law respects free travelers
This graphic from an American standards group shows the parts of a highway upon which an auto user may freely travel — namely the roadway. (Graphic American National Standards Institute) By David Tulis Our interest in free markets and the assertion of ancient rights in an era of administrative law and the modern total state […]
How local, state officials in ‘good faith’ defy alien jurisdictions
Marriage defenders in Montgomery, Ala., at a Feb. 22, 2015, rally count on probate judges to defend constitutional government. (Photo Sanctity of Marriage Alabama) By David Tulis An important way for common people like you and me to hold public officials accountable is to deny them grounds for claiming “good faith” error as they tromp […]
Should city government sell porn? A review of underlying law
By David Tulis The sale of pornography by Chattanooga city government is a matter of concern because pornography is an ideology that makes war on contentment. The human condition most obviously in view is sexual contentment — with one’s wife or husband, or with one’s state as an unmarried man or woman. Porn incites a […]
Watt arrest premised on tax authority of less than penny a day on car users
I’m to the point I think the arrest for a pro-rated possible tax debt of a penny a day for some single day when the tax receipt is to be shown on demand is unconstitutional on it face. By Levi Thurston Arrest for a debt if owed that amounts to a penny a day is […]
NRA, HSLDA, ‘Denethor’ groups profitably perpetuate problems they ‘fight’
Denethor in the “Lord of the Rings” has no hope for victory, and so goes mad as a flaming projectile off the cliff of Gondor. The National Right to Life group is one of the oldest pro-life organizations in the U.S.. It joins other groups such as NRA and the Alliance Defense Fund in a costly, […]