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How many children would have to die for Hammond to shut schools? 5? 17? 23?

Sheriff Jim Hammond addresses the press after speaking to the school board about ways to prevent a massacre or stop one while in progress. He has not been convinced to exercise his authority as the most powerful peacekeeper in Hamilton County, Tenn., to close public schools and thereby save lives. (Photo David Tulis) If closing […]

For 25 years, no abortion clinic has ‘served’ Chattanooga

An abortion truth truck tells the story of abortion in the U.S., a practice that hasn’t been publicly a part of life in Chattanooga for the past 25 years. But 9,732 babies were slaughtered in Tennessee in 2016, at least 355 of them from mothers residing in Hamilton County. (Photo Fletcher Armstrong blog) Twenty-five years […]

Paying penny a day, people yield rights, avoid the accuser

Coal and nuclear utility TVA runs a police army that enforces traffic laws against private users of the roads, and claims jurisdiction to enforce transportation statutes anywhere in the state at any time. (Photo TVA) My correspondent Levi is a working man in middle Tennessee. A self-made legal scholar, Levi often sends me trenchant analyses […]

Will Hammond obey law, or follow black robes? Key question in race

Sheriff Jim Hammond talks to the Hamilton County school board about armed attacks against students and teachers. Sheriff Hammond has been notified that transportation stops against private travelers are outside the scope of Tennessee transportation statutes, and constitute an oppression. (Photo Hamilton County sheriff’s office) The main question in the race between Sheriff Jim Hammond […]

Oppressed ‘Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg’ pleads with sheriff to obey law

Jimmy Brown, center, is the second Tennessee sheriff to receive an administrative notice about the state transportation law. He oversees Lawrence County, Tenn., sheriff’s office. The first to get the notice is Sheriff Jim Hammond of Hamilton County. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s office) The following is a cover letter to a copy of a notice […]

Hirsch case hints how state makes bizarre legal gyration to make itself god

Arthur J. Hirsch plays the fiddle at the residence of a senior citizen. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” identifies bizarre legal lassitude the state allows itself in the prosecution of criminal cases, a process that implicitly rejects a biblical jurisprudence. (Photo David Tulis) Without even a signed order, the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected a petition […]