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 […]
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 […]
Yearly emissions test reminds of state’s conversion of right into privilege
An emissions test worker in Chattanooga looks over a Honda Odyssey minivan that passed inspection. (Photo David Tulis) The young woman at the emissions testing center has purple dye in her hair. She’s friendly. She asked me for my papers and to step out of the car and to stand over by the blue chair […]
Tennessee county ready to confiscate reporter cellphones, laptops as ‘weapons’
A citizen entering Lawrence County, Tenn., courthouse goes through a new screening process. Cell phones and other standard equipment of media are confiscated. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s department via Facebook) The brittleness of the state is evident in its precautions for the “safety” of its facilities and employees. Across the country paramilitary organizations engaged by […]
Gardenhire kills ‘constitutional carry’ by ‘blowing smoke,’ Harris says
Sen. Todd Gardenhire takes the GOP establishment’s position against the right to bear arms. (Photo Nashvillepublicradio.org) On March 8, 2016, Sen. Todd Gardenhire helped kill so-called constitutional carry in Tennessee in a Senate judiciary committee vote. Or nonvote. Sen. Gardenhire declined to say yay or nay on the proposal that would have allowed all law-abiding […]
Passport Challenge event in city brings Hispanic right to travel into view
Gladys Pineda-Loher and Jim Coppinger, the mayor of Hamilton County, Tenn., promote a Latin event under the heading of “passports.” (Photo Facebook) Part of the prosperity and security of people in the home county here in Southeast Tennessee is the right of free movement. By that I mean not just the power of relocation and […]
Free-range motorist seeks to vaporize charges, asks they be heard ‘in agency’
Nineteen-year-old Tim Murphy of Chattanooga proudly stands in front of his auto while holding a restricted driving license, one he hopes to replace soon with a regular driver license. He exercises the privilege of operating a motor vehicle as a licensee, while others exercise the right to travel on the public highway as a matter […]
Hirsch rips judge who led jury to rule against constitutional rights
Families take part in a tractor pull event in Lawrence County, Tenn., where a circuit court judge has churned up the soil of legal proprieties in mishandling a criminal case against an innocent Christian traveler. By David Tulis Arthur Jay Hirsch, 65, was convicted in December in a Lawrenceburg, Tenn., circuit court of four counts, […]