On Bad Legal Advice

Has the Tennessee legislature not learned about Google? Well, if so, they probably won't be reading this blog post, but just in case, might I recommend that the Republicans exercise their rights to use Google's free services when deciding who to bring as "expert" legal testimony?

Case in point, Van Irion. He served as Rep. Bill Dunn's legal expert in the House Judiciary Subcommittee as they sought to pass HB2619, which makes it a crime to enforce laws that Republicans don't like. Basically, Van Irion argued that the bill to criminalize the enforcement of laws without first gaining the permission of a local sheriff is not "nullification," and even it if was, its necessary in order to challenge federal laws in court.

Who is Van Irion? Why, not only is he a failed Congressional candidate, but he was also acting as one of the attorney's in a recently failed lawsuit challenging the President's eligibility to be on the ballot. Yep, Irion's a birther lawyer. Not only that, he's so awfully wrong on the law that even with a judge hostile to the President's legal defense team, he still couldn't get a judgement in his favor even though the President put up zero legal defense. Yeah, that's right, Irion couldn't win an argument with a brick wall.

This is who the Tennessee legislature has acting as their legal counsel...I'm sure that'll end well.