Tennessee Conservative
For Conservatives Who Believed That This Bill Was Going To Solidify Parental Rights In The State Of Tennessee And Protect Children From Predators Who Infringe Upon The Parent’s Right To Consent To Education, Medical Care, Mental Health Treatments, And More (The Bill Enumerated One Through Twelve), You Were Wrong.
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We Need To STOP The Tennessee General Assembly From Slicing And Dicing Parental Rights With HB2936 Sponsored By Rep. Jeremy Faison And Sen. Ferrell Haile’s SB2749. Their Legislation Is Directly Contrary To Parental Rights Granted Under The Fourteenth Amendment Of The United States Constitution.
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Op-Ed: For Parental Rights Aficionados, Tennessee’s Current Cat And Mouse Game Over Three Separate Parental/Family Rights Bills Is Dizzying. And If You Are An Unsuspecting-Easily-Excited Layman Who Still Believes Legislative Headliners, This Appears To Be Bait And Switch Tactic Which Is Now Seemingly Normal For Tennessee State Lawmakers.
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For Those Familiar With The Tortuous History Of The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services, The June 21 Sunset Hearing Before The Joint Government Operations Committee Sounded More Like Groundhog Day Than A Trumpet Of Success Since The Last Disastrous Report From December 2022.
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Connie Reguli Told The Tennessee Conservative That Her Conviction Was A “Fake” Felony Because Judge Joseph A. Woodruff Had Changed The Law To Secure The Conviction Against Her. None Of The Other News Outlets Touched This Subject. Reguli Believed That This Fake Conviction Would Be Overturned On Appeal, But Of Course, It Would Be Well Past The Election Which Was Set Two Weeks Away On May 3. And Now It Looks Like Reguli Was Right.
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A Bill That Counteracts The “Mature Minor Doctrine” Passed The House Yesterday In A 74 To 25 Vote Split Almost Entirely Along Party Lines.
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As Heard In The Tennessee House Government Operations Committee Yesterday, Department Of Children’s Services (DCS) Caseworkers May Be Responsible For 400% Of The Approved Number Of Cases, But The Agency Has A New Slogan: Children First!
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A Bill That Could Criminalize Parents In Tennessee Based On Anonymous Allegations Moved One Step Closer To Becoming Law Yesterday When The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee Voted Unanimously In A Voice Vote.
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Under A New Law Proposed By Representative Ron Travis And Senator Paul Bailey, Parents Could Be Charged With A Felony For Failure To Turn Over Their Child To The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services, Even On Anonymous And Unsubstantiated Allegations Of Child Abuse And Neglect When DCS Obtains A Secret Court Order Based On Those Allegations.
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A New Five-Member Board Will Give A Juvenile Detention Center In Rutherford County Greater Accountability That’s Long Overdue. The Center That Has Illegally Jailed Children For Years Will No Longer Be Overseen By The County’s Juvenile Court Judge, A Change That The County’s Mayor Says Will Bring “More Oversight Or Transparency.”
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