Nashville- Tennessee has suffered through an awful season. We have mourned the murder of six of our own in an incomprehensible attack at The Covenant School. We lost nine soldiers from Fort Campbell in a tragic helicopter crash. And over the weekend, intense storms killed over a dozen Tennesseans, while many more lost their homes.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry led a coalition of attorneys general from 20 other states in opposing proposed standards for conventional cooking products created by President Biden Administration’s Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed rule would regulate the types of stoves and ovens Americans use to cook. Among other things, it would make over half of the gas stoves currently on the market illegal.
Nashville- In the wake of a tragic week across the State, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office wants to ensure that only legitimate businesses and charities are fundraising to help victims.
Nashville- In an effort to uphold Tennessee law as enacted by the General Assembly, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti sent letters to Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid seeking confirmation that they will not sell or dispense mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug, in Tennessee.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined attorneys general from 20 other states in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s injunction blocking West Virginia’s enforcement of its Save Women’s Sports Act. The Act prevents biological males from participating on female sports teams and taking athletic opportunities away from females. Under the Act, all biological males, including those who identify as transgender, are ineligible for participating on female sports teams.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Gregory Tucker vs. Faith Bible Chapel International, an important case involving the liberty of religious organizations to select their ministerial leaders.
Nashville- In honor of National Consumer Protection Week, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announced the top ten complaint categories for 2022.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today filed a motion to enforce a Request for Information (“RFI”) served on TikTok, Inc., requiring the company to preserve relevant documents and produce internal messages in an appropriate and useable format. The RFI was served on March 2nd, 2022, and TikTok has been allowed ample time to comply.
Nashville-Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of twenty states in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit supporting the religious liberty and free speech of a Louisville wedding photographer. The photographer declined to take custom photographs at a same-sex wedding.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in partnership with 35 other state attorneys general, sent a letter to Congressional leaders informing them of an issue of grave concern with the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The letter requests assistance from Congress to preserve the critical joint federal-state effort to end trafficking.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today the Attorney General’s Office will host three town hall meetings across the state to discuss the impact Big Tech is having on Tennessee families, particularly children.
Nashville- To prevent a new U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule from inflicting substantial financial damage on the American people, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in partnership with 24 other state attorneys general, took the next step in his previously announced lawsuit against President Biden’s administration by filing a motion for preliminary injunction.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 41 states and territory attorneys general in a national effort to ensure that state, local and tribal entities have appropriate and timely access to corporate ownership information critical to fighting crime and terrorism.
Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 21-state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of a Florida law preserving separate school sports teams for girls and boys. Because Florida’s law defines sex in terms of biology rather than gender identity, a transgender student has challenged it as a violation of equal protection and Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination.
Nashville- The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office is warning consumers to be wary of romance-related scams after the Federal Trade Commission released new data revealing top lies told by scammers. The FTC reports scams like this cost nearly 70,000 consumers $1.3 billion in 2022.