TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jan 11, 2016

The Knoxville News Sentinel asserts that the “political honeymoon” between Gov. Bill Haslam and the General Assembly's Republican majority may have come to an end. The author cites tort reform limits on damages awards in lawsuits and the governor’s new merit-pay system for state employees. State Rep. Rick Womick, R-Rockvale, called for the impeachment of the Republican governor for accepting the gay-marriage ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. “The governor's controversy-avoidance skills may be challenged on multiple other matters that seem to be of high importance to him as well as state legislators,” the author writes.