by Zachery Schmidt | Dec 9, 2025 | Education, Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
A Christian charter school sued the Knox County Board of Education last week, challenging Tennessee state law that prevents religious groups from participating in the state’s charter school program. Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville is challenging Tennessee state law...
by Zachery Schmidt | Nov 12, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee will start issuing partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits this month. The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced on Wednesday that it will be giving out 65 percent of SNAP benefits to people. TDHS said people...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 16, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the Supreme Court’s rejection to hear the case Lee v. Poudre School District appears to stem from what he describes as a troubling trend of lower courts...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 28, 2025 | Justice, National, News
The DOJ petitioned the United States Supreme Court on Friday to intervene in a decision blocking the Trump administration from using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged criminal illegal immigrants. On March 15, President Donald Trump used the 1798 law to...
by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 10, 2025 | Justice, National, News
President-elect Donald Trump reacted on Friday to his sentencing in the New York City hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan sentenced him to no jail time, probation, or a fine; however, with this sentencing, Trump will be the first American president to be a convicted...
by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 9, 2025 | Justice, National, News
The New York Court of Appeals rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to stop his sentencing in the state’s hush-money trial against him on Friday. “Your proposed order to show cause was reviewed by Judge Rivera, who declined to sign the order. As a...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 4, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general in sending a letter to the Council of the American Bar Association (ABA) on Monday demanding that it make changes to its accreditation process to comply with the Supreme...
