No. 20-1618

John Anthony Gentry v. Glen Casada, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2021-05-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-duty legislative-procedure petition standing state-constitution
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state government has a duty to present a correct version of the Tennessee Constitution to the public

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This Court has not in its entire history been presented a more important case, seeking to restore the cornerstone right of petition oppressed in attempted exercise against a wrongful government. The facts of this case are not disputed and clearly evidence a government that is no longer republican in character or form — a government that has unlawfully altered its state constitution, -— a government statutorily assigning judges to prohibited second offices of trust, with those unlawful offices used to protect rampant corruption in the state judiciary — a government that openly oppresses the First Amendment and Tennessee Constitution right to petition for redress of grievance by address or remonstrance — a government that denies due process through rules repugnant to state and federal constitutions. The questions presented are: 1. Whether the state government has a duty to present a correct version of the Tennessee Constitution to the public, and not deceive its citizenry through constructive fraud of an unlawfully altered state constitution. 2. Whether legislative houses have a duty to hear and decide a properly filed remonstrance, protesting unlawful conduct of government. 3. Whether Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10B, House Rule of Order 15, and Senate Rule of Order 22 are repugnant to the state constitution, and violate or oppress rights protected under both state and federal constitutions. | | | { : Be

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-26
Waiver of right of respondent Glen Casada, et al. to respond filed.
2021-05-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2021)

Attorneys

Glen Casada, et al.
Joseph F. Whalen IIIAttorney general's Office, Respondent
John Anthony Gentry
John A. Gentry — Petitioner