Tennessee AG Skrmetti Applauds U.S. District Court Ruling Striking Down Biden-Era HHS Rule on Gender Identity in Healthcare

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 23, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded a ruling handed down Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi striking down a final rule implemented by the Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

Judge Blocks Temporary Restraining Order Request over National Guard Deployment in Memphis, Sets November Court Date

by Zachery Schmidt | Oct 20, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A Tennessee court denied a request on Monday to issue a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops in Memphis. “Plaintiffs have not clearly shown by verified complaint or affidavits that immediate and irreparably injury, loss, or...

AG Skrmetti Files Brief Defending Tennessee’s Protecting Children from Social Media Act

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 6, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit defending a state law requiring minors to have parental consent before downloading social media applications. Last year, NetChoice sued the State of Tennessee...

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Tennessee’s Ballot Access Laws

by Kaitlin Housler | May 5, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled to uphold a district court’s dismissal of a case brought by the Libertarian Party of Tennessee and four of its members challenging the state of Tennessee’s ballot access laws. In Tennessee, statewide parties...

President Trump Nominates Tennessee’s Whitney Hermandorfer to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals

by Kaitlin Housler | May 2, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer, who works in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General as director of the Strategic Litigation Unit, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, marking the first judicial...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Applauds District Court Ruling Finding Google Illegally Monopolized Digital Advertising Markets

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 21, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded a federal court’s recent ruling in a federal antitrust case against Google, which found that the tech company violated the law by maintaining illegal monopolies in the digital advertising technology industry. On...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Calls on Trump Administration to Crack Down on Illegal Chinese E-Cigarettes Marketed to Minors

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 14, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is among a coalition of attorneys general representing 28 states and Guam calling on the Trump administration to crack down on illegal Chinese e-cigarettes being flooded into the U.S. The attorneys general request the...

Tennessee Attorney General Warns Phone Providers over Unlawful Robocall Traffic

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 11, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was among a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, who sent letters to nine phone service providers alleging them of unlawfully routing robocalls. On Wednesday,...

Birthright Citizenship, Contraband Cellphones: Tennessee AG Skrmetti Discusses Current Focuses of His Office

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 7, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said his office is focused on multiple fronts ranging from issues at the state level to advocating for issues that would impact the entire nation. On Monday, Skrmetti and other attorneys general gathered in Nashville for...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Leads Multi-State Push for Congress to Pass Legislation to Curb Contraband Cellphones in Prisons

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 26, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general on Wednesday in calling on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at disrupting contraband cellphone use in prisons. Skrmetti and the coalition is calling on...