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. […]
Tenn. judge salvages state’s muddled case vs. folk hero, shields no-show DA
Arthur Jay Hirsch, “the Fiddle Man” of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., is challenging the state’s claims in commerce against the vital property right of free travel on the public highways. Defending criminal charges allows him standing to overturn a lawless operation of the state’s executive branch. (Photo David Tulis) LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (May 2, 2016) — Confusion reigned […]
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, […]
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 […]
With reforms, Christ will be brought back into courtrooms
Judges and juries in the Hamilton County, Tenn., court building dispense verdicts and opinions. Many are just. (Photo David Tulis) True servants of the Lord Jesus Christ confess that He is the Creator God of heaven and earth, Redeemer of mankind, Judge of all the earth, and King of kings and Lord of lords. All […]
Victim of state asks Christians to witness clash at sentencing
A circuit court in rural Lawrence County is sentencing a Christian workingman for traveling at liberty on the people’s highways. He asks people to attend. (Photo Lawrencecd.org) By David Tulis A court in Lawrence County, Tenn., will sentence a devout Christian working man Thursday (Feb. 11) for exercising his constitutional right to travel. Arthur Jay […]