I’m glad to be put into my place by city attorney Phil Noblett, who tonight at city council assures me that the city’s 3-minute public comment rule is good …
Mayor Andy Berke has named as chief of staff an official who has a strong sympathy with the work of a Memphis group that helped overturn a law that …
My goal is to have officials and state actors be hung by the tongue. Hung by their own words. I want them to live by the written law in …
Tennessee law allows a highway patrol officer to stop someone apart from any perceived or alleged offense for the “sole purpose” of checking that person’s driver license. How is …
The Tennessee Supreme Court appears unconvinced of the value of driver licenses in guaranteeing the safe use of the roads. This skepticism is expressed in the 2001 Chattanooga-area roadblock …
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Eleven Christian ministers from across the state of Tennessee, along with Tennessee Independent Baptists for Religious Liberty, Inc., filed on Nov. 19 a Petition for Declaratory Order with …
Private use of roads is not taxable and under law free. But commercial use is taxable and subject to police power. If the driver license is a taxable privilege, …
A clerk at the department of safety spurned efforts by Jon Luman to obtain a driver license so that he might use the roads in a for-hire capacity. That …
