Tennessee Conservative
Tennessee State Senator Adam Lowe Has Filed Three Bills So Far For The 2024 Session Of The Tennessee General Assembly. The Bills Pertain To Juvenile Court Time Periods, Permanent Banning Of Firearm Sales To Some Convicted Felons, And Recall Processes For Certain Elected Public Officials.
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A Tennessee Court Ruled Wednesday Afternoon That Republican-Drawn State Senate Maps Are Unconstitutional, Giving The General Assembly Until Jan. 31 To Adopt New Maps.
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Metro Nashville Has Control Of The Nashville Airport Authority Again. A Three-Judge Panel That A Tennessee Law To Create An Eight-Member Board With Two Appointees Each For The Mayor, Governor, House Speaker And Senate Speaker Is Unconstitutional And That New Board Is Now Vacated.
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Tennessee Law States That A Person Who Knowingly Has HIV And “Engages In Sexual Activity As A Business Or Is An Inmate In A House Of Prostitution Or Loiters In A Public Place For The Purpose Of Being Hired To Engage In Sexual Activity” Will Be Charged With Aggravated Prostitution. The ACLU, Tennessee ACLU, And The Transgender Law Center Have Now Filed A Federal Lawsuit Claiming That The Law Is Unconstitutional.
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The “Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act,” Sponsored By Senator Janice Bowling In 2023 Has An Opportunity For A Rehearing In The Next General Session In January 2024.
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State Representative Justin Jones Has Filed A Federal Lawsuit Against House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Alleging That Several Of Sexton’s Actions Towards Jones Were Unconstitutional.
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A Master Falconer Has Filed Suit Against Three Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Law Enforcement Officers, Alleging Her Constitutional Rights Were Violated When They Unlawfully Seized 13 Birds Of Prey, Phone, Computer, Video And Other Records From Her Nashville Home In 2022 — An Action A Criminal Court Judge Called “Egregious,” “An Abuse Of The Law” And “Malicious Prosecution.”
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A Republican State Senator From Memphis Contends Post-Conviction Challenges In Capital Murder Cases Should Be Handled By The State Attorney General, Not Local District Attorneys, Despite A Court Ruling Against The Bill He Passed.
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Employers Should Focus Recruitment Efforts On Sources That Are Likely To Provide A Diverse Pool Of Candidates. But They Cannot Legally State A Preference For Candidates Of Any Race Or Gender. Ideally, Targeted Recruitment Will Increase The Diversity Of The Candidate Pools From Which An Employer Is Selecting. Through A Neutral Selection Process, The Workforce Will Naturally Become More Diverse. Besides Being Unconstitutional, There Is No Need To Implement Arbitrary Hiring Goals Or Use Race In Any Way In The Hiring Process. Any Hiring Practice That Looks Like A Quota Is A Quota.
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