There are 4 article(s) tagged tennessee constitution:

• February 2025

  • General Assembly hears two proposals to change Tennessee’s Constitution

    The first resolution proposes an amendment to expand the rights of crime victims, and the second would remove a defendant’s right to bail for certain violent offenses.

    By Benjamin Smith February 13, 2025

• July 2023

  • Judge: State law taking power from DAs is unconstitutional

    A local judge declared a new state law unconstitutional Monday. The law, signed in April, takes away power from local district attorneys to represent the state in some death penalty cases when the sentence is challenged.

    By Aarron Fleming July 18, 2023

• November 2022

  • All four state constitutional amendments clear bar

    In Shelby County returns, the closest contest among the four was Amendment 1, which made the state’s “right to work” law part of the Constitution.

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2022

• October 2022

  • Political Roundup: Emancipation Sunday urges voters to remove slavery from state constitution

    Several churches rallied in support of a proposed amendment that would ban slavery in all forms in the state. A coalition of political groups is also urging voters to choose a hand-marked paper ballot.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2022