Tennessee’s Star Chambers and the Unbridled Authority of Elected Officials and Bureaucratic Minions
For many in Tennessee, reading is hard. Even the most accomplished persons within the halls of our government seem to have great difficulty discerning the meaning of words and phrases enshrined in our documents which govern the limits on their authority. Back in 2020, Tennessee Stands made a lot of noise about the limits on […]
Thoughts on the Doctrine of Non-resistance to Arbitrary Power
Look around today and you will see that compliance abounds. And for those who still resist the arbitrary mandates from local governments and corporate actors, we are being compelled to comply and will eventually pay increasingly severe penalties for non-compliance in terms of mask requirements, vaccines, medical privacy, and whatever may come next. Many are […]
Does the Tennessee Supreme Court have any constitutional or statutory authority to issue mask mandates in the courts?
Since Governor Bill Lee has recently announced the lifting of restrictions on businesses and the removal of authority from county mayors to issue mask mandates, questions are being asked of various agencies that continue to make such rules and regulations over the people. I was asked by a county commissioner to provide my assessment as […]