Jury Trial Scheduled for Next Week in Meme Lawsuit Brought by Tennessee High School Student

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 9, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A jury trial in a First Amendment case brought by a Tennessee high school student against Tullahoma City Schools is scheduled for Tuesday, January 13. On August 10, 2022, Tullahoma High School administrators summoned a 17-year-old male student, the plaintiff in the...

Pappert Outlines Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Plan to Sue Biden-Era DOJ for Spying on GOP Lawmakers

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 24, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, detailed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s plans to sue former Special Counsel Jack Smith, specific FBI agents, and Biden-era DOJ officials over allegations that these officials illegally surveilled her and several other...

Nashville Among Cities Suing Trump Administration Over Federal Funding Freeze

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

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is among a group of U.S. cities and nonprofit organizations suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funding. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina...

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Urges Federal Court to Block the Education Department’s Title IX Rule

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman urged a federal judge in Kentucky to block the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) finalized rule to rewrite Title IX to encompass gender identity and sexual orientation....

Biden’s DOJ Orders Hawkins County Schools to Hire ‘Anti-Harassment Coordinator’ to Oversee ‘Race Discrimination and Harassment Complaints’

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered Hawkins County Schools on Monday to implement a number of measures to “end racial discrimination in its schools.” A DOJ-led investigation into Hawkins County Schools that began in March 2023 found that the...

Tennessee Attorney General Leads Lawsuit Challenging HHS Final Rule on Gender Identity Under the Affordable Care Act

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 1, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a coalition of 13 other states in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule, which redefines the Affordable Care Act’s...