Sixth Circuit Revives NetChoice Challenge to Tennessee Social Media Law

by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 31, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has vacated a lower court’s decision denying NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction against Tennessee’s law requiring age verification and parental consent for minors to create social media accounts. The...

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...

Former Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey Enters Federal Prison

by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 26, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Former Republican Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey entered federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving his 21-month sentence on charges stemming from his federal campaign finance case. Kelsey was indicted in October 2021 by a federal grand jury in Nashville on five...

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...