A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block Tennessee’s human smuggling law after finding the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a credible threat of prosecution, while declining to rule on the law’s constitutionality.
U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell Jr. dismissed the lawsuit last week without prejudice after concluding the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-17-118, which took effect July 1, 2025.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted all remaining executions scheduled for 2026 after death row inmate Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs Wednesday night.
Tennessee State Senator Charlane Oliver (D-Nashville), who was disciplined after standing on her desk and protesting during the Tennessee General Assembly’s May redistricting vote, announced Monday that she filed a federal lawsuit challenging the punishment imposed against her by Senate leadership.
During the May 7 redistricting vote, Oliver stood on her desk in the Senate chamber while shouting objections to the congressional map and displaying a banner criticizing the proposal as “Jim Crow 2.0.” Video also showed Oliver attempting to retrieve the banner from a Senate sergeant at arms after it was confiscated.
A lawsuit accusing Roblox Corporation of misleading parents about the safety of its online gaming platform will move forward after a Williamson County court rejected the company’s request to dismiss the case, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office announced Tuesday.
A Brentwood optometrist was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison after admitting she submitted approximately $11 million in false claims to Medicare and other government health care programs, ultimately receiving nearly $7 million, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday.
Chief U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell Jr. sentenced Helen Boerman last week. She was also ordered to serve one year of supervised release, pay back almost $7 million in restitution, and pay a $100 special assessment.
The National Police Association (NPA) is supporting a change.org petition calling on Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy to withdraw his lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act.
The petition, titled “Stop Memphis DA From Protecting Criminals,” argues Memphis residents should be able to see what happens to serious criminal cases generated by the Memphis Safe Task Force when prosecutors reduce charges, enter plea agreements, dismiss cases, or decline to prosecute.
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