Are sheriff’s law enforcement officers or conservators of the peace? Does the THP trooper have authority to halt private parties on the state’s highways? To what extent do police departments have authority in counties where the sheriff rules? Grenda Harmer, who has studied law while behind bars in Tennessee, surveys the scene in a state whose people’s liberties have been subsumed by commercial government, one that traffics and prospers upon the rights of the people, and drains by courts, fees, fines, prisons and punishments their livelihood and prospects. Mr. Harmer eyes Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-103 and the driver license … Continue reading And now, ‘bad news’ for liberty argument on travel