We were all waiting for July 11, 2019 the court date for the preliminary injunction regarding whether or not TN registrants would be allowed to continue to reside in their homes with minor children.
July 10th 2019 an Agreed Order Extending the Temporary Restraining Order, was filed in The United States District Court for The Middle District of TN At Nashville.
What should have been a slam-dunk win for registrants, even according to the judge who stated “plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong or substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claims” now appears to be an upcoming constitutional challenge by the state of TN, or, as I prefer to view it, maybe our chance for a bigger win!
The Temporary Restraining Order at hand was set to expire on July 12, 2019 at 12PM.
The Defendants consented to an extension of the terms of the Temporary Restraining Order so that the Court’s hearing on the Plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction is consolidated with the trial on the merits of this case. (This is in the interest of simplicity and judicial economy.) The Plaintiffs’ agreed to the extension.
The Temporary Restraining Order will continue in effect through the trial with all terms of the original Temporary Restraining Order in effect for all those affected by this new law.
For now, registrants may remain in their homes, with their families and not worry about being forced out by this punitive law.
If there was ever a time for a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, maybe this is it!
This is great news! Thanks for being vigilant and posting this article Kat! Just to get a fair and unbiased judge, no less a federal judge, to hear this type of case is in itself a miracle.
This new law says nothing about residing in a particular home, it addresses co-habitation with minor children. Why is it always assumed that it is the registrant who removes themselves from the situation?
Regardless of who moves out, the need for maintaining two separate residences cannot be helpful for the family finances. Typically it is children who will feel the financial pinch first in all sorts of ways. Yay!
All of America has been sold out to big data by one form ( by volition or not) OR another.
If a class Action Arises & the unlawful congressional USE OF EX POST LANGUAGE KNOWINGLY in law presents an entirely different but vastly more important question concerning the constitutional disposition of the Entire OMNIBUS 94 & authors.
Before you can convince free & educated people that it is ok to permit gov agents to gather and store citizen on mass, you MUST first convince them it is NEEDED & NECESSARY for 1 ( Kansas V hendrickS).
I posted this yesterday.
R M July 11, 2019 at 5:33 pm on TN: Tennessee Judge Grants Temporary Restraining OrderI listened to NARSOL’s phone conference tonight. The TRO has been extended until completion of the litigation.
I am wondering if there is a kinship from the dark history of Tennessee that is still alive that may have a influence on the current hate bill against RC’s, See… https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-leads-backlash-after-tennessee-gov-signs-proclamation-honoring-early-kkk-leader
I am a mother to a 7 year old and a wife of a convicted ex-sex offender in the eastern part of Tennessee. When my husband went in to do his quarterly registration at the beginning of June; he was given a piece of paper stating this new law. It gave us less than a month to figure out what to do.
Our 7 year old son was devistated. We paid $500 when he was born for a DNA test just so we could live together as a family. Because at that time in 2012 the law said he could live with a minor if proven blood related. Only to find out 7 and a half years later they tried to change it to where he couldn’t.
We had to send our now depressed 7 year old away to a family members for a while because we are a single income home and couldn’t afford another household for one of us to live in. It put a strain on mine and my husbands marriage to the point where I was willing to file for divorce to just not have to deal with the State of Tennessee anymore.
Now that I have read this and did a little research, our son can come home and we can be a family again. I do agree that Now is the time for a class action lawsuit. Families and the ex-offender themselves still have a voice and still (even though not many) still have rights and freedom to insert thier voices into the laws that affect thier lives personally. Speak Up and Speak Out!
@Will Allen , When you say this ” But I hope we can all agree that any person who thinks this law is okay is anti-American and deserves to die”, no I don’t agree. It sounds just like the extreme things that people say about registered criticizes.
I really hope this opens peoples eyes and they see how unfair this is. The registry doesn’t work at all it’s only purpose is to humiliate the offender