A barrage of proposals aimed at easing restrictions on where and when Tennesseans can carry or have guns will be up for debate soon at the General Assembly, the Tennessean reports. Lawmakers were set to consider eight bills today related to everything from allowing guns on property used by a school to legalizing targets that explode. As of Tuesday afternoon discussion of all but one of those bills has been delayed a week so that lawmakers can hear even more gun-related legislation all on the same day.

Judges in Tennessee will retain the authority to waive a 12-hour "cooling off" period after domestic violence arrests, according to the latest draft of a proposed bill. An amendment approved yesterday to HB41 keeps judicial discretion to release suspects before the end of the period, while also adding elements to the law meant to improve transparency and guarantee victims are notified before the hold is waived. The Tennessean has more.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered probate judges in the state to stop issuing licenses for same-sex marriages, stating in a 134-page order than marriage is between one man and one woman under Alabama law. Probate judges have five business days to respond to the order if they don't think they are bound to uphold it. In February, a federal court in Mobile County had cleared the path for same-sex marriages to begin in the state. WCYB has more from CNN.

The 5th Annual Joint Conference on Juvenile Justice will feature Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Attorney General and current Dean of Belmont University’s School of Law. The Montgomery County Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Task Force in partnership with the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth and the MerryInGOD Foundation will sponsor the conference, which will be held April 11 at the Morgan University Center on the campus of Austin Peay State University from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The Leaf Chronicle has more.

Prosecutors yesterday added two additional misdemeanor charges against demonstrators who made a rare disruption inside the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The disruptions -- which included standing in succession inside the court and shouting protests against the 2010 Citizens United campaign finance ruling -- made news not only because it was rare but because the group managed to take videos of the incident and post them on their website, despite the fact that the Supreme Court does not allow cameras inside the courtroom. The Greeneville Sun has more from the Associated Press.

Knox County lawyer Steven Edward Sams received a public censure yesterday for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law while suspended. The Tennessee Supreme Court found that Sams entered into an engagement agreement with a client in an immigration asylum case after being temporarily suspended. The court also found that Sams misled the client about working on the appeal. View the BPR notice.

Shelby County lawyer William R. Bruce received a public censure on Feb. 20. Bruce entered a plea to attempted possession of a controlled substance. The charge was later dismissed after he completed a diversion program. View the BPR notice.

States have three options to react to a Feb. 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling making state licensing boards more vulnerable to antitrust lawsuits, say two law professors whose research was cited in the decision. Rebecca Allensworth, associate professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, and Aaron Edlin, the Richard Jennings Professor of Law and professor of economics at UC Berkeley, argue that states can change the composition of licensing boards, increase supervision of the boards or do nothing. News@Vanderbilt has more.

A conference and fundraiser for the 3rd Judicial District Child Advocacy Center scheduled for today has been postponed due to the weather, the Greeneville Sun reports. "From Hope To Healing" will now be held in June, organizers said. For more information, call (423) 422-4446 or email cacmosheim@etncac.org.

Tennessee trial judges’ terms of service would be set by the General Assembly rather than the state constitution under a new bill proposed by state Rep. Larry Miller, D-Memphis. The measure, HJR 91, would delete the last sentence of Article 4 in the state constitution, which sets terms at eight years. It has been assigned to the Civil Justice Committee. Gavel to Gavel has more on the proposal.