As he prepared to enter his office, he heard someone say, "Mr. Mayor," DeBusk said.Hat tip to VOLuntarily Conservative, who had forewarning."Mr. Hall said he turned around and saw a shadow of a subject standing at the edge of his building," he said. "The subject fired two shots at him and fled in an unknown direction."
"It was very dark," Hall told WBIR, Channel 10. "It wasn't a voice I've ever heard before or I'd recognize."
And I thought Memphis politics were dirty.
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The Ohio Legislature approved a "Choose Life" specialty plate, with part of the funds that consumers pay for the plate going towards groups that counsel pregnant women about adoption. The funds are barred from going to any group that provides, promotes, or refers women for abortion.
Predictably, a court challenge was made in an effort to block the plate by NARAL Pro-Choice America because there isn't a matching "Pro-Choice" plate. Surprisingly, a federal judge threw out the suit:
In his 15-page order, Judge Donald Nugent's dismissed the suit, ruling that federal law prohibits federal courts from interfering with the collection of state taxes -- in this case, revenue generated by sales of the plates. He did not rule on the merits of the First Amendment issues arising from the case.
The judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, could go beyond the argument of whether the anti-abortion plate unconstitutionally restricts dissenting views and strike down Tennessee's entire specialty license plate program, attorneys said.This'll be interesting.
Full disclosure: my specialty plate is for St. Jude, but only because there isn't one for the Tennessee Firearms Association.