Cop-abused business law sparks Red Bank execution of woman
The Red Bank police department uses cruisers like this to chase down private users of the road under the state’s commercial transportation law. (Photo David Tulis) A police chase and slaying of Donna Lynn Allen, 39, in Soddy-Daisy Tuesday highlights the dangers of police departments using business laws to harass non-business users of the public […]
Residents could win huge refund if Gaddy right about Dunlap annex flaw
Steve Darnell, an administrative law judge from the Tennessee department of state, strolls about the old Sequatchie County courthouse prior to hearing a case seeking to overturn 1972 annexation claims by City of Dunlap, a municipal corporation. (Photos David Tulis) Ivan Condra, 84, elected property assessor seven times, served 28 years and is a longtime […]
Victim of 2-year court battle hounds Dunlap over iffy annexation
Steve Darnell, an administrative judge from the Tennessee secretary of state’s office, goes inside the old courthouse in Sequatchie County to begin a hearing in a battle between a feisty constittionalist and a city government’s sketchy annexation history. (Photo David Tulis) The town of Dunlap settled a two-year fight to inspect or search a private […]
Police rape case strains council decorum; citizens demand ‘oversight’
City council member Darrin Ledford talks with a city resident Tuesday while, background, council member Ken Smith speaks with Basil Marceaux. (Photos David Tulis) Demetrus Coonrod is the only city council member to have expressed opposition to police violence. Basil Marceaux of Soddy-Daisy gives a five-minute chat regarding his high theories of law and justice […]
Lawyer strangles deacon; how UPL aborts charity defense for poor
UPL = unlicensed practice of law. It prevents Christian charity in the courts in TN because it forbids nonlawyers such as deacons from assisting and representing poor people facing criminal charges. This ministry is one that Robby Holt and John Tomberlin at North Shore Fellowship and other Christians would like to launch in the next […]
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Trickle-down learning for mom; what homeschoolers teach us
These books are those in my stack, some of which wobble on my nightstand. (Photo Joy Cherrick) The more I read, the more children will read, as this son under a grand map. (Photo by Joy Cherrick) Intellectual life shifts from outside work to homeschooling By Joy Cherrick One of the most surprising aspects of […]
Pinkston prosecutorial practice: ‘No constitutional “right to travel,”’ & that’s that
Neal Pinkston, state prosecutor in Hamilton County, Tenn. (Photo WDEF.com) Tennessee court policy denies any right to travel exists, except in one instance. And that is the “individual right to move between states,” to change one’s domicile from Tennessee, say, to Florida. That’s the point made by Neal Pinkston, the elected state’s attorney in Hamilton […]
Judge halts TN’s driver license abuse, but keeps deep state scheme alive
A federal judge has halted driver license revocations against people too poor to pay court fines and fees, such as the families of these African-American children living in a government housing project who are most injured by the department of safety and homeland security program. (Photo Chattanooga Police Department) A federal judge shot down Tennessee […]
Homeschool expo spreads benefits among city families
Moms crowd the exhibitors at the homeschool expo, set for Camp Jordan on July 20, 21, an annual event serving home educating families and others who care about the best for their children. Boys look over offerings at the home education expo set this year for July 20, 21 at Camp Jordan in East Ridge. […]