The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.” — 4th Amendment to the …
I have long followed the work of the Fully Informed Jury Association. Here’s a brief explainer. The authority of the jury is one that is preventative and defensive and …
(This story first appeared when Red Bank voted to banish the traffic camera system. It explores the queer jurisdiction of city courts and the mixing of civil and criminal …
The jury system for finding criminals guilty arises from a biblical framework of justice. Since juries also find men not guilty, it is a calling that can be honorably …
This afternoon I interviewed a city council candidate reputed to be the most free market in his outlook (more next week). One aspect of the conversation that stood out …
If you touch a Chattanoogan on the forearm, you will feel heat. Blood runs through his veins. But the blood is cool. Its vigor is less than his forebears’ …
President Obama today begins a potentially lethal economic pressure against a chain of hobby supply stores run by a Christian family, insisting the owners of Hobby Lobby are not …
Decades of federal intervention in the affairs of state has so muddied Tennessee government’s service to its people that its governor, facing a new temptation, is having trouble seeing …
