Tennessee Bill Criticized as Attack on Judiciary Dies in Subcommittee courthousenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courthousenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tue, Mar 9th 2021 10:42am
Mike Masnick
We ve been highlighting a wide variety of state bills from Republican-led legislatures that all attempt to attack Section 230. Nearly all of them are blatantly unconstitutional attacks on the 1st Amendment. Somewhat incredibly, the latest one from Tennessee might not actually be unconstitutional. That doesn t mean it s good. In fact, it s not just incredibly stupid, but demonstrates that the bill s authors/sponsors are so fucking clueless that they have no idea what they re doing. In effect, they d be banning the state from investing any money it holds. To spite Section 230.
The bill which is House Bill 1441 and Senate Bill 1011 from Representative Tim Rudd and Senator Janice Bowling represent such a lack of understanding of how literally anything works that it
Tennessee Judge Could Be Removed From Bench for Expanding Absentee Voting in 2020
On 3/8/21 at 3:45 PM EST
Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle, a Tennessee judge, faces possible removal from her position on the court in Davidson County, where Nashville is located. Republican legislators in the state s House of Representatives are backing a resolution that would dismiss Lyle from the bench over a ruling that partially expanded Tennessee s absentee voting permissions ahead of this past November s general election.
Tennessee Representative Tim Rudd, a Republican, introduced the resolution in February, months after Lyle issued a ruling that aimed to broaden the state s mail-in voting policies to include a wider range of residents. Lyle s ruling was eventually overturned by the state Supreme Court. She also pushed to permit remote voting by individuals who carry a higher risk of developing serious health complications from the coronavirus, which the court maintained.
Tennessee Bar Decries Bill Seeking Removal of Judge in Voting Case courthousenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courthousenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.