Governor Lee’s Legal Advisor Chosen To Be Tennessee’s Next Attorney General
The Tennessee Supreme Court Has Chosen Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti To Be The Volunteer State’s Next Attorney General.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Set To Review Applicants For New Attorney General
With Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III’s Eight-Year Term Set To Expire Soon, He Recently Notified The State’s Supreme Court That He Will Not Be Seeking An Additional Term.
Tennessee’s Supreme Court Is Responsible For Appointing The Volunteer State’s Chief Legal Officer And They Are Set To Review Applications From Six Applicants This Week.
Judicial Panel Rules That Tennessee Education Savings Account Program Can Move Forward
A Tennessee Trial Court Ruled Friday That Tennessee’s Education Scholarship Program Can Move Forward. A Three-Judge Panel Heard Arguments Earlier In The Day From The American Civil Liberties Union And Southern Poverty Law Center. The Two Groups Had Asked The Court To Deliver An Injunction Against The Pilot Program.
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Less Than A Quarter Of Registered Voters Will Likely Decide Races In Today’s Election
According To The Secretary Of State’s Website, Just 11% Of Registered Tennessee Voters Have Voted Early Or Absentee So Far In Today’s Election; 132,720 Fewer Voters Than This Time Two Years Ago. Out Of The 4,210,456 Registered Voters In The State Only 477,873 Have Already Voted.
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Tennesseans’ Right To Vote For Supreme Court Justices Was Bargained Away
In 2014, A Change Was Made To The Tennessee Constitutional At The Behest Of The Tennessee Judiciary Which Removed This Language, “The Judges Of The Supreme Court Shall Be Elected By The Qualified Voters Of The State.” Our State Constitution Was Rewritten To Say, “Judges Of The Supreme Court Or Any Intermediate Appellate Court Shall Be Appointed … By And At The Direction Of The Governor.” Proponents Of The Change, Like Democrat Phil Bredesen Said, “Contested Elections For The Judiciary Would Allow Special And Financial Interests To Become Involved.”
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Judicial Panel Lifts Injunction Against Tennessee Education Savings Account Program
After Blocking The Program For The Last Two Years, A Judicial Panel Is Now Allowing The State To Move Forward With Allowing Parents To Utilize The Tennessee Education Savings Account.
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The Center Square Again Files First Amendment Motion To Open Tennessee Judicial Decision-Making Meetings
The Center Square Has Filed A Second Motion For A Preliminary Injunction To Open The Meetings Of The State’s Bench-Bar Advisory Commission, The Second Such First Amendment Motion In A Case Filed By The Nonprofit’s Executive Editor.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Rolls Out New Justice Bus
The Tennessee State Supreme Court Unveiled Their New Justice Bus On Monday. The New Program Was Created To Provide Legal Assistance To Underserved Communities Across The State.
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“Improved” Test Scores, Getting Abortions Out Of State, Shuttering Transparency, RINO Career Choices, Nashville Denied And More! – The TennCon Big 7!
1) Tennessee Governor, Lawmakers Celebrate “Improved” Test Scores – Almost Two Thirds Of Students Below Grade Level
2) T-Mobile Promises To Pay Travel And Lodging Expenses Of Tennessee Employees Getting Abortions Out Of State
3) Federal Judge Rules To Keep Tennessee Judicial Conference Meetings Closed
4) Tennessee Republican Representative Resigns To Become Lobbyist
5) Tennessee Supreme Court Overrules Lower court, Boots Starbuck From Ballot
6) Tennessee Supreme Court Denies Nashville’s Request To Reconsider School Voucher Program
7) Lawmakers Create Bureaucracy To Oversee Immigrant Child Care
Tennessee Supreme Court Denies Nashville’s Request To Reconsider School Voucher Program
Tennessee’s Supreme Court Will Not Reconsider Its Prior Ruling On An Educational Savings Plan In Nashville And Memphis.
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