Access to Justice Commission Report:

The effort to secure equal justice for all is not a new concept. From the formation of the German Immigrant Society, the predecessor to the Legal Aid Society of New York, in 1876 to the Tennessee Supreme Court's August 2008 decision to make access to justice its primary priority, well-meaning...

Howard Baker Philosophy Gets Thumbs-up

The following three letters are in response to Bill Haltom's Tennessee Bar Journal column, "But Seriously, Folks."

Reinstated

In 1853 Major was a black slave who lived on the Looper family farm in Scott County. One night in August of that year he allegedly attempted to rape white teenager Mirah Looper, about 14 years old. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to death four times. Three times the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed, and once the trial court granted a new trial...

Somewhere beneath the clutter and catalogs, older adults may find the latest edition of a handy health insurance guide called Medicare and You 2010. The rest of the pile is the zillion fliers and brochures from other insurance providers throughout the land. Every news show and commentator has a spin on current Medicare and its future reform....