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...

Federal Judge Approves NCAA Settlement in Lawsuit Led by Tennessee over NIL Recruitment Ban

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 25, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A federal judge approved a final settlement deal between a bipartisan coalition of states led by Tennessee with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) over its name, image, and likeness (NIL) recruitment ban, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti...

‘Laudable’: Public Policy Expert Applauds Tennessee Attorney General’s ‘Wildly Popular’ Wins for Tennesseans

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 26, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Recovering journalist and Nashville-area public policy expert Clint Brewer thinks Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti would be a strong candidate if he were to run for governor in 2026. “If this were a state where the attorney general was elected, we’d...

Winning: Tennessee’s Law Limiting Drag Shows for Kids Stands as Supreme Court Declines Appeal

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 25, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to review a lower court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act in the case Friends of George’s v. Mulroy on Monday. The Adult Entertainment Act, which was signed into law in 2023 by Governor Bill Lee, prohibits...

Tennessee Attorney General Applauds Court of Appeals Ruling in Case Challenging Biden-Era EEOC Mandate on Abortion

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 20, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case brought by Tennessee and 16 other states challenging a Biden administration-era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) final rule on Thursday. In 2022, Congress passed...

Tennessee Attorney General Joins Coalition in Urging the U.S. Senate to Pass the HALT Fentanyl Act

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 17, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is among a coalition of state attorneys general calling on the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act. The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act – or the HALT Fentanyl Act – would permanently place fentanyl-related...

Tennessee Attorney General Reaches Settlement in Principle with NCAA over NIL Recruitment Ban

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 1, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Friday that his office has reached a settlement in principle with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) over its name, image, and likeness (NIL) recruitment ban. Exactly one year prior, on January...

Federal Appeals Court Allows Protect Tennessee Minors Act to Go Into Effect

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 14, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on Monday to allow a Tennessee state law aimed at protecting minors on the internet to take effect. The Protect Tennessee Minors Act, which was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee in May 2024, requires websites...

Tennessee AG Celebrates as Federal Court Vacates Biden Administration’s Title IX Rule Nationwide

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 9, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded a federal court’s order vacating the Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide. In April 2024, a lawsuit led by Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and joined by the state attorneys...

Federal District Judge Blocks the Protect Tennessee Minors Act From Taking Effect

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 2, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

A federal judge ruled to block a Tennessee law aimed at protecting minors on the internet from taking effect in the new year. The Protect Tennessee Minors Act, which was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee in May 2024, requires websites that contain a “substantial...