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The Post & Email 2/13/2023

A case begun in the Chancery Court for Hamilton County, TN in October 2020 challenging the authority of Gov. Bill Lee and the local health department to restrict citizens’ movements due to the declared coronavirus emergency has been docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court for a February 24, 2023 conference.

Relator David Jonathan Tulis, a broadcaster at NoogaRadio 96.9 in Chattanooga and an avid writer on constitutional and free-marketas issues, claimed in his suit that then-Hamilton County Health Department Administrator Rebekah Barnes and Lee did not have the authority to impose lockdowns and other restrictive measures relative to the SARS-CoV-2 virus “pandemic” as a result of their failure to “determine the source or cause of the disease” as required by TCA (Tennessee Code Annotated) § 68-5-104.

Barnes retired in the fall of 2021 and was replaced by Sabrina Novak, who is now technically a party to the case. The office of Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti will defend Lee, while that of Hamilton County attorney Rheubin Taylor will provide the defense for Barnes/Novak.

Both Lee and Barnes have waived their respective rights to respond to Tulis’s petition, the court docket shows, with Janet M. Kleinfeller of the attorney general’s office and Sharon M. Milling, Counsel of Record for Hamilton County, signing the waivers late last month.

In a February 10, 2023 post, Tulis presented a summary of the case and its movement through the trial court to the appellate court and to the state supreme court, which in October declined to hear Tulis’s arguments. “The order rejects a petition for a hearing in the court overseen by five justices,” Tulis reported on October 22. “The order also denies a motion for reconsideration of two denials of motions for the judges to disqualify and recuse themselves for bias, prejudice and interest in the case.”

More: https://www.thepostemail.com/2023/02/13/tennessee-case-challenging-pandemic-executive-branch-actions-docketed-at-u-s-supreme-court/

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The Post & Email 2/13/2023

A case begun in the Chancery Court for Hamilton County, TN in October 2020 challenging the authority of Gov. Bill Lee and the local health department to restrict citizens’ movements due to the declared coronavirus emergency has been docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court for a February 24, 2023 conference.

Relator David Jonathan Tulis, a broadcaster at NoogaRadio 96.9 in Chattanooga and an avid writer on constitutional and free-marketas issues, claimed in his suit that then-Hamilton County Health Department Administrator Rebekah Barnes and Lee did not have the authority to impose lockdowns and other restrictive measures relative to the SARS-CoV-2 virus “pandemic” as a result of their failure to “determine the source or cause of the disease” as required by TCA (Tennessee Code Annotated) § 68-5-104.

Barnes retired in the fall of 2021 and was replaced by Sabrina Novak, who is now technically a party to the case. The office of Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti will defend Lee, while that of Hamilton County attorney Rheubin Taylor will provide the defense for Barnes/Novak.

Both Lee and Barnes have waived their respective rights to respond to Tulis’s petition, the court docket shows, with Janet M. Kleinfeller of the attorney general’s office and Sharon M. Milling, Counsel of Record for Hamilton County, signing the waivers late last month.

In a February 10, 2023 post, Tulis presented a summary of the case and its movement through the trial court to the appellate court and to the state supreme court, which in October declined to hear Tulis’s arguments. “The order rejects a petition for a hearing in the court overseen by five justices,” Tulis reported on October 22. “The order also denies a motion for reconsideration of two denials of motions for the judges to disqualify and recuse themselves for bias, prejudice and interest in the case.”

More: https://www.thepostemail.com/2023/02/13/tennessee-case-challenging-pandemic-executive-branch-actions-docketed-at-u-s-supreme-court/

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be based on interpretation of Tennessee statues, and therefore outside the subject matter jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court.