Battlefield tactics: How to deny state actor’s ‘good faith’ defense
Dunlap, Tenn., city hall is embroiled in a fight to “inspect” a house apparently outside the city boundary. Dwain Land, chief executive of a municipal corporation called City of Dunlap When people hear a reference to “state actors,” they imagine for a split second a group of people all practicing grimaces, tremulous expressions of fear […]
What 10th amendment says to Trump-led government
The constitution grants the U.S. government enumerated powers. But its legislature and that power’s other two branches are in continuing revolution against restraints on their power. Dear Mr. Trump, These days, a lot of people have been asking the Tenth Amendment Center to attack you, and it would be very popular to do so. On […]
What’s wrong with concealed carry permits
Concealed carry permits convert a right into a privilege. There are many sound reasons and arguments against statutes requiring concealed carry permits. Some of these arguments are as follows: (for the sake of brevity no support documentation is provided but is available upon request). By Jay Hirsch / Noogaradio AM 1240 FM 101.1 UNBIBLICAL: There […]
Homeowner accuses judge of unjust dealings, city of fraud
Faded flags of defiant causes and imperial tyranny fly at the gate of the Thomas and Carol Gaddy house just outside Dunlap, Tenn., where folksy homeowners are defying demands for a city “inspection.” (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy of Dunlap is accusing circuit court judge Thomas W. Graham of favoritism, illegal communications and the furthering […]
Testy judge jails homeowner Mrs. Gaddy, 69
Carol Gaddy and her husband, Thomas, built a fence around their Dunlap, Tenn., home to keep out city officials acting without a warrant. Homeowner Carol Gaddy is in Sequatchie County jail in Dunlap, Tenn., on a charge of contempt before Circuit Court judge Rusty Graham, who is hearing her claims against the city inspection and […]
Your shantytown is my housing free trade zone
Scrap lumber like this on a construction project on Main Street of Chattanooga would be recycled by homeless people for their own “free trade zone” dwellings. (Photo David Tulis) A worksite dumpster could become the “home depot” of homeless people if they could build their own dwellings in an unregulated housing free trade zone in […]
Homeschooled gal youngest ever to graduate from UT nursing school
Jacqueline Gaddis, right, with her older sister, Madeleine, both nursing students graduating together at UT’s college of nursing. Jacqueline Gaddis is getting a head start on her nursing career. Gaddis — who will receive her degree on Friday from the College of Nursing — is the youngest graduate that college officials can remember. She is […]
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Grohn demands Fletcher provide details in abusive cop cases
Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher jogs with police recruits on the city walking bridge. (Photo Chattanooga police department, Facebook) Hanson Melvin in front of district attorney Neal Pinkston’s office in Chattanooga. Mr. Pinkston refused to prosecute his indictment on a disorderly conduct charge after Mr. Melvin raised questions about denial of due process and perjury […]
Grand jury, state excuse cop execution of driver
A dead man at the wheel, the truck of Joshua William Grubb hits a pole and stops, his executioner unhurt in the rear bed. This scene is after daylight. (Photo WBIR TV) Tyrel Lorenz’s March 13 execution-style slaying of a civilian is described as having been a necessity. A Tennessee grand jury has excused a […]