Let’s briefly solve a mystery. How is it that state government has authority over people using the public right-of-way in cars and trucks for which they have paid for with their own money? By David Tulis How is it that police power can be exerted over individual users of the road who are not committing any crime? How is it that everybody on the road today is subject to the executive branch of state government or to its agents in police confrontations? The mystery is solved by considering the following. Since our governor today, Bill Haslam, has no inherent authority … Continue reading How state gains control of public right of way & innocent private activity