A bill on State Sovereignty for Tennessee is again at the forefront. State Sovereignty is about Tennessee’s right to self govern against federal government encroachment on rights the U.S. Constitution gives to the states alone.

Tennessee State Attorney Skrmetti claims that 2024 will be “a year of clarity” in which Tennessee will take the lead in “pushing back against the expanding powers of the federal government.”   Some of those areas are social media health threats to children and stopping transgender medical procedures on minors. ¹

Changing federal law is addressed in federal court, and our Attorney General is indeed taking the lead. However, our AG points out it is our elected officials that make the decision on what policy the citizens of Tennessee want.  And to that end, the people decide. So, how does that happen? 

Usually, the federal government sends out some law or mandate .   When it deprives life, liberty or property, the people rise up and demand relief. Our General Assembly only meets the first 4 months of the year.  While a Special Session can be called, we saw during Covid it took 18 months after the emergency began for them to meet and draft protective legislation.

A new bill on State Sovereignty speeds up the process. SB2058 ²

This bill will provide for a committee that meets regularly throughout the year to review federal acts or laws that violate Tennessee’s Constitution by oppressing our citizens.  The Tennessee Constitution rejects a doctrine of nonresistance, therefore, the G.A. has a mandate to act.  They will have several options with this bill  including issuing a Resolution of Noncompliance.

The sponsor of the bill, Senator Adam Lowe, says  “Now more than ever, state sovereignty seems to be our only hope at establishing a healthy balance with our federal counterparts. This bill, in addition to my “Made in Tennessee” bill, will allow us to put substantive action into place to monitor when the state of Tennessee should flex its authority to manage its business.”

            Tennessee Action Group of Fentress County met with legislators for months and assisted in drafting the bill. The bill has great traction and is barely out the gate.  We are proud to continue our mission enjoining all our efforts towards protecting and supporting the state of Tennessee and its citizens. For article references, please see www.tennactiongroup.org.

1. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/22jtn88nsulyqt5fp1d8i/Interview-with-TN-AG-Skrmetti.docx?rlkey=vj9egankedlhafrclegfpdylp&dl=0 The article is behind a paywall. Original article is at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/in-the-foxhole-tennessee-takes-on-biden-admin-wall-street-big-tech-5557325
2. https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2058

WELCOME TO 2024 !!….it’s going to be a bumpy ride…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vEEh0GF_C8 But we will do it together.  

The past year gave us a chance to breathe a bit after covid, and then took it away with a NEW insanity every day, if you were following the news.  It’s hard to keep up, and many have stopped trying. That’s ok.  We understand. We are watching Ukraine, Israel, the financial market, the medical market, the food market and a whole bunch of other “stuff.”  And struggling with indigestion quite a bit… 

However, TAG is about TENNESSEE!  So get ready, we have a lot coming up during the 2024 sessions!   

TAG has done a deep dive into nullification- state resistance to federal overreach. We are following last year’s bill–HB0726.  It made it through the first house committee, and did not get a second in the senate committee. It can be reintroduced again this year.  

We spend months reading up on nullification, doing a time-line from 1803 to present, including SCOTUS cases and multitudes of 45-page law reviews. Tennessee needs to make a stand against federal encroachment and a campaign is brewing across the state with grassroots groups, including TN Citizens for State Sovereignty (TNCSS) https://tncss.substack.com/. 

TAG will also follow updates on education. It looks like we have about lost the fight… SEL- social emotional learning is another version of CRT- critical race theory. While CRT has been outlawed by our general assembly in 2023, it lives and breathes as SEL and is pervasive in the schools. It is a marxist agenda and folks, in our opinion, our children have been sacrificed on the altar and there is no relief.  School choice is another brick on that road, because what the government funds it controls. If you expect the government, that has brought us thus far, to educate your children any better than they are handling ANYTHING then think again. This has been in the planning for a long time, and it is coming to fruition. We will try to stick our proverbial fingers in the dyke.     

You can follow the same website we will from a presentation this week by Tiffany Boyd of www.freeyourchildren.com.  If you are game for a deeper dive, James Lindsay, of New Discourse is great, also.  He explains all the marxist influence of current education.  And as we stated on FB, if you cannot understand there is a problem, it may be because you are too well trained from all our own education- believe and obey the authorities and “experts.”   I hope you see where they got us thus far. 

These are not the only issues we will be following, and as the bills “hit the fan” this month (cough cough) we will update hard and heavy.  

We will be in Nashville each week starting around the end of the month,  most probably Wednesdays. If you want to go you are welcome anytime. You must contact us via email — TNActionGroup@protonmail.com.  We leave early, 7a.m.-ish and return 6p.m.-ish.  It is a long day, but we cruise and see all the representatives we can all day long.  This will be brief. There will be plenty of activity and information SOON. 

Hope to see you Thursday, January 18th,  at El Azul for our monthly meeting.   

at FREDDIE’S RESTAURANT OFF HWY 297

now Thursday, Feb. 23 (2/18 meeting rescheduled due to tornado warnings)
Supper 5pm
Meeting 6pm

329 Wheeler Lane, first driveway on the right  on Hwy 297 (after turning off Hwy 154).
in Backroom.

We suggest you come by 5pm to eat, and the meeting will start at 6pm in the back room. Turn right coming in the front door. 

TAG will meet here for the next couple of months waiting for the new owners of what was the Dragon Pit to reopen. This current location will not be available when summer arrives, which is approximately April/May. Then again, Who knows? Things change.  

AGENDA: (not necessarily in this order)

1.  How ya doin’ with Ham radio studies? Hm? /

2. Discuss– Tour of the capitol. Dates, transportation, costs.  

3. Movie marathons.

4. Voting Integrity and local rep. Pulling on threads.  

5. Noises on defunding education in TN.

6. Current bills of interest during 2023 Sessions. Same bills, new stories.

7. Recap of trip to Nashville Wed. Feb 15th

8. Gary J. will share about his trip to Nashville with TN Firearm rep John Paul on Tues. Feb 14, re 2nd Amend.
9. Open mike, what’s on YOUR mind? The floor is YOURS.

It is PRIME RIB night at Freddie’s. You MUST make your own reservation to get Prime Rib. Otherwise, you can sit in the back room and order off the menu.

***PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN DINNER RESERVATIONS AHEAD FOR PRIME RIB ONLY Call 931-879-3733 between 11 am and 2 pm ***