Wednesday’s oral arguments in the landmark civil rights case Skrmetti v. U.S. offered the Supreme Court an opportunity to prove it would stand by long-settled law on sex equality in the face of political backlash from politicians seeking to impose gender conformity by legislative fiat. He scolded Prelogar for failing to engage with this document, at one point demanding: “Is …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Nashville residents reeled from a fatal grade school shooting that left six dead, a federal judge quietly cleared the way to drop the minimum age for Tennesseans to carry handguns publicly without a permit to 18 — just two years after a new law set the age at 21. “Let’s not let another preventable tragedy unfold …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two years after Tennessee Gov. Then late last year, the state’s top lawyer moved to negotiate a settlement rather than defend the law, citing last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights. Two days before that, the lobbyist for his Department of Safety, Elizabeth Stroecker, told a legislative committee that reducing the age limit to 18 …
