December 16, 2013
Category: Common law rights

December 11, 2013
Attorney general opinion says cities cannot pre-empt state laws
By David Tulis Chattanooga claims that two men having anal sex for 365 days or more are legally equivalent to a man making sweet love to his wife after …

November 29, 2013
Petition for referendum puts citizen, not grandees, in charge
By David Tulis The self-styled “citizens’ petition to protest the passage of the ‘domestic partnership’ ordinance tells of the downward shift of political power down toward commoners, even as …

November 13, 2013
How Tennessee constitution doesn’t favor gay ordinance — a municipal innovation
By David Tulis The media coverage of the 5-4 vote in favor of gay “domestic partnerships” by Chattanooga city government makes me feel the slightness of the law’s arguments …

October 3, 2013
If stealing country were a tort, getting it back might be ‘action in replevin’
The difficulty in strengthening local economy comes from the economic and political interests whose success is crowned by centralization. The government school. Federal welfare. Total surveillance. The usual suspects. …

September 11, 2013
The next time you get ticket, ask questions a la Scarlet Pimpernel
By Franklin Sanders A friend of mine, the Scarlet Pimpernel of Low-Key Anti-Tyranny, lives in another state. He has a very low tolerance for the petty blue light tyranny …

August 6, 2013
Gay vote oversteps Collegedale’s authority as creature of legislature
The move by Collegedale, Tenn., city government to approve benefits for homosexual partners has drawn many hoorahs and celebratory slaps on the back among gay activists and their supporters. …

August 3, 2013