TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Mar 4, 2021

Following the TBA’s statement of opposition to House Resolution 23 (HR23) on Tuesday, the Nashville and Knoxville bar associations and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association have issued their own statements regarding the resolution and the importance of an “independent judiciary.” HR23 seeks to remove Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle from the bench. In its statement, the Nashville Bar Association wrote that removing Lyle “is dangerous because it threatens our independent judiciary and undermines the rule of law. The Knoxville Bar Association in its statement wrote that without an independent judiciary, there “are no checks and balances” or separation of powers. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association president, John Griffith, told the Tennessee Lookout that “The stance of our organization is we strongly support an independent judiciary even when we disagree with the judge’s ruling,” Read the TBA’s statement on HR23.

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