Marriage Equality and the Rise of Private-Citizen Protection Laws
This past Tuesday, the Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee heard HB1473/SB1746, a bill sponsored by Rep. Gino Bulso (R – District 61) and Sen. Janice Bowling (R – District 16) , which would clarify that “Private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or by the Supreme Court’s purported interpretation of the […]
Tennessee AG says state sovereignty is unconstitutional.
On March 6th, the Tennessee Attorney General’s office issued an opinion claiming that SB 2775, the Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act was unconstitutional, predicated primarily on the finding that only the judicial branch of government may interpret the constitutionality of law. With that in mind, the AG further contemplates that since only the judicial […]