An injunction granted by Neosho County District Judge Daryl Ahlquist paused a potential court shutdown threatened by a state law that stops court funding if judges strike down a law on the selection of chief judges, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. “I am hopeful this will calm the situation,” Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who filed the petition seeking the injunction, said.

The Greene County Commission on Monday passed a resolution asking the Tennessee General Assembly “through legislative and legal action” to reaffirm the state’s authority to regulate marriage as it is defined in the state’s constitution, The Greeneville Sun reports. "This resolution was an attempt to do what we could do as a county," county attorney Roger Woolsey said. "This was our attempt, or stab, at trying to take the proper approach.”

An editorial published in the Knoxville News Sentinel says state Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, and state Rep. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, have no authority to nullify the Supreme Court’s same-sex ruling through new legislation. The editorial cites the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and outlines cases where the Supreme Court has responded to such state legislative efforts.

Speaking in her first interview since refusing to issue marriage licenses, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis said she is prepared to return to jail if made to issue same-sex marriage licenses bearing her signature of approval, News Channel 9 reports. "I can't put my name on a license that doesn't represent what God ordained marriage to be," Davis said. 

During a Constitution Day lecture Tuesday at Rhodes College, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia remarked on the Court’s recent same-sex marriage ruling. "Saying that the Constitution requires that practice, which is contrary to the religious beliefs of many of our citizens, I don't know how you can get more extreme than that," he said. "I worry about a Court that's headed in that direction." The Associated Press has more.

The Nashville School of Law (NSL) will celebrate the investiture of former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William C. Koch Jr. as its fifth dean on Sept. 26, 10 a.m. on NSL’s campus at 4013 Armory Oaks Dr. Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee will be the keynote speaker.

Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bo Watson, R-Hixson, called for legislative hearings over the Volkswagen emissions scandal to be held in Tennessee, the home of the German automaker's massive facility in Chattanooga, The Tennessean reports. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said that the company intentionally installed software that allowed its cars to cheat in emissions tests. "While all of the relevant facts may remain unreported at this time, I am very concerned as to the financial impact these violations could present to the state of Tennessee," Watson said.

David Smith, longtime press secretary to Gov. Bill Haslam, will serve as the governor’s director of communications, the Nashville Post reports. Smith is a former information specialist with the University of Tennessee’s administration. He will oversee internal and external communications for the administration.

Chattanooga attorney Mike A. Little announced his candidacy for Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge, Division 2, the Chattanoogan reports. “I have been committed to public service my entire career, whether professionally or as a volunteer, and I believe I have a fair and balanced temperament to be the right choice for Criminal Court Judge,” Little said. Little joined the Hamilton County Public Defender’s office in 2014 as executive assistant and is responsible for directing 14 assistant public defenders. 

The American Bar Association's Standards Review Committee is again proposing that a ban that prevents students from receiving academic credit for paid externships be lifted, the ABA Journal reports. The ban has been one of the most contentious issues to come before the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in recent years. The Law Student Division has lobbied hard to eliminate the prohibition, saying it limits the amount of field placement opportunities available to students. But many clinicians believe that eliminating the ban would undermine the academic purposes of the placements.