TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 16, 2022

A proposed Tennessee ballot initiative that would have asked voters if the attorney general should be confirmed by state lawmakers instead of the state Supreme Court was defeated by the House Civil Justice Subcommittee yesterday without debate and on a voice vote. The proposal cleared required hurdles in the Senate but would have needed a two-thirds vote in the House if it had advanced through the subcommittee. Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery opposed the measure saying the current system best supports the attorney general’s independence. He warned that the constitutional amendment would make the position a “political office.” The Herald Courier has the AP story.