Billy’s bad day; best way teen can deal with bully officials, cops
Commercial government most frequently attaches itself to the working and traveling citizenry on the public right of way, prompting encounters that remind us of our servitude to the enterprise state. This truck is on private property — a store parking lot. (Photo David Tulis) The best way to tell boys about how men defend constitutional […]
Commercial, vehicle ‘crimes’ on Castile’s rap sheet aren’t moral evils at all
Diamond Reynolds meets with the press after police shot into her car, killed her boyfriend, Philando Castile, in cold blood and put her in jail without charge. Immediately after police shoot down a citizen, departments and the press begin an effort to discredit the victim by exposing his criminal past, as if a rap sheet […]
Melvin’s solution to police state: ‘Waive the court,’ demand indictment
Hanson Melville inks a form that “waives the court” as he asserts his constitutionally protected rights. (Photo David Tulis) By his signature, the defendant “waives” a right to a lesser court to assert his right to a greater. (Photo David Tulis) Part of the paperwork when you are absorbed into the legal machine and ground […]
Hirsch victory dinner marks God’s work on people in state system
Lawrence County farmers’ market gets under way in Middle Tennessee with the fruit of the earth, 90 percent of which is God’s grant for man’s use, 10 percent of which is required as a return to the Creator. (Photo mainstreetlawrenceburgtn.com) On June 11 a criminal defendant will host a victory dinner at a church fellowship […]
What to do when you get a camera-generated traffic ticket letter
Rep. Andy Holt explains how traffic camera ticket companies are violating the law and deceiving motorists. NASHVILLE, May 25, 2016 — In the 2015 legislative session, I sought to outlaw all speed and red light cameras in the State of Tennessee. It was an incredibly hard battle against cities and private companies that have become […]
Judge tosses case vs. free-range ‘Fiddle Man’ who cites God’s laws on impartiality
Arthur Jay Hirsch, the noted “Fiddle Man of Lawrence County,” convinces a judge that God’s standards of impartiality are moral — and also duplicated in the Tennessee code of judicial ethics. (Photo David Tulis) Fear ye not. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show you today. — Exodus 14:13 […]
Cabbies, haulers subject to state control; what about you, private user?
David and Jacqueline Parker run Covenant Transport, which profits from the use of the highways, and is subject to state control. The word “driver” is legally a commercial usage. (Photo Covenant Transport Inc.) Tennessee state government has authority to regulate one group of people on the public roads, but not another. The regulatory power it […]
Montgomery County mass fines, license revocations face $50 jury fine rule
A young woman pays off taxes, fines or fees that were cited in a letter she received saying her driver license is being revoked. (Photo Newchannel5.com) Montgomery County clerks collect money in a court system that uses state prosecutions for infractions of its rules as a taxable event. (Photo Newchannel5.com) If you are one of […]
Fiddle Man says judge should not let prosecutor dance with wooden leg
Russell Parkes, circuit court judge in Lawrence County, Tenn. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” is urging a judge to find state government in contempt for refusing to show up for a hearing in its efforts to jail him for exercising a constitutionally protected right. Prosecutor Tammy Rettig was a no-show at a May 2 hearing […]
TN outlaws 14,223 drivers in town as court demands payment
This woman and thousands of others in a military town in Tennessee have their driver licenses revoked for debts owed to a court in Clarksville. The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper reports the details. State government revoked the driver licenses of 14,223 people in a hapless Tennessee county whose traffic court sent notice to Nashville of uncollected fines. […]