A 3-judge panel with the appeals court ruled the original plaintiffs in McEwen v. Lee have the right to sue the governor and the state of Tennessee over the Education Savings Account (ESA) program, also called school vouchers.
A Tennessee State Senator has requested an investigation into Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan after Courtney Anderson, a man serving a 162-year sentence for nonviolent offenses, was released and then ordered back to prison by the Court of Appeals.
Parents of school shooting victims in Tennessee can seek a court order to keep the writings of the shooter from ever being released to the public, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. The parents, along with The Covenant School and Covenant Presbyterian Church, which shares a building with the school, all have a right to participate in a court case that will determine which police records can be released to the public, the Appeals Court ruled. The public records case was brought by media groups, nonprofit organizations and a state senator.