NASHVILLE, Tennessee–State Representative Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) is suing Tennessee Attorney General Herb Slatery and Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) over an ongoing investigation into conduct he says is not legally authorized.
“These statistics underscore the urgency [of the public health risk posed by the refugee resettlement program in Tennessee],” Norris tells Breitbart News.
Nashville, Tennessee—State Rep. Billy Spivey (R-Lewisburg) says Tennessee Attorney General Herb Slatery’s investigation of State Rep. Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) “reeks of a witch hunt.”
State Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville) is sharply rebuking Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam for mischaracterizing the Tennessee General Assembly’s Tenth Amendment lawsuit against the federal government for its operation of the refugee resettlement program to the state’s Attorney General, Herbert Slatery.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam won’t act, and that removes the final hurdle standing in the way of the state’s long anticipated Tenth Amendment lawsuit against the federal government over the refugee resettlement program.
Tennessee State Rep. Rick Womick (R-Rockvale) is asking Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery “who has the standing and legal authority to investigate [you] …if it is believed [you have] engaged in unethical…or other inappropriate conduct?”
State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mount Juliet), the sponsor of a resolution that would allow the voters of Tennessee to elect the state’s Attorney General, is calling for an investigation into the Tennessee Attorney General’s investigation into the conduct of State Rep. Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin).
The scope and legal authority of an ongoing investigation by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery into the conduct of State Rep. Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) is being questioned by a number of Tennessee political insiders, attorneys, and individuals interviewed by the investigators who have spoken with Breitbart News.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee–On Tuesday, the Tennessee General Assembly declared it will sue the federal government over its refugee resettlement program on Tenth Amendment grounds. The State Senate passed a resolution authorizing that lawsuit in a 29 to 4 vote one day
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—A resolution to sue the federal government’s refugee-resettlement program cleared a subcommittee hurdle in Tennessee’s General Assembly on Wednesday, amid strong opposition from left-wing groups, business interests, and the state’s Republican governor.
The Tennessee State Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution by a 27 to 5 margin requiring a state lawsuit against the federal government program that is dumping refugees into the Volunteer State.
Several Tennessee state legislators appear ready to rebel against the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program after hearing testimony from Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons that the Obama administration has failed to comply with the Refugee Act of 1980’s statutory requirement to consult with the state prior to the placement of refugees there.
