Mon
Sep 15 2014
12:02 pm

BREAKING: Supreme Court announces Herbert Slatery as next Attorney General of Tennessee

Slatery is currently a member of Gov. Haslam's cabinet as Counsel to the Governor, Haslam's chief legal advisor. He replaces AG Bob Cooper, Gov. Bredesen's chief counsel. Cooper was appointed in 2006. I believe Slatery will be the first Republican Attorney General in state history.

UPDATE: Press release...

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Knoxoasis's picture

Message received, I guess.

Message received, I guess.

LeftWingCracker's picture

So,

Tell me again why we voted for retention? Is it too late for a do-over?

Mello's picture

+1

I am guessing it only took the vote of one of the three. Correct?

Elwood Aspermonte's picture

In my opinion, I suspect Wade voted with the new judges

appointed by Haslam to the Supreme Court. Wade is pretty smart and to maintain his position of relevance state wide in an ever shrinking and irrelevant State of Tennessee Democratic Party.

Wade is smart enough not to put the Democratic Party through another arse kicking along the lines of what happened in August to Democratic and certain independent local judges (losing Wimberly and Fansler were just Exhibit A to that fiasco)and a purge and elimination of all Democrats from courthouses across the State (Knox County courthouse being Exhibit B to that disaster)

Why continue to haggle with the democratic party's future over the Attorney General's position, holding on to it for political power could potentially eradicate multiple levels of the state party and for what (they are not getting any help from the national Democratic Party either). So, in my opinionated analysis, Wade said let them have the spot, they've never had one, let their political party bear the lightning bolts, barbs, and shrapnel when it comes to the AGs opinion on gay marriage, Medicaid expansion, TennCare roll shrinkage, immigration, voter registration process, consumer safety, gambling, lotteries (these are the guys that halved lottery scholarships across the board in favor of cash for trade school students anyway)figuring there was no reason to allow that flack to fall onto the Tennessee Supreme Court justices anyway.

Get your popcorn ready.

rog's picture

ugh..

Tennessee will now become ground zero for the culture wars. It will be a great opportunity for Corker to set up a bully pulpit ahead of the next elections. Count on a few partisan prosecutions too.

Kosh III's picture

Cowards

Now Gov Ramsey has complete control of the state. Expect he and his Haslam puppet to continue to reject liberty for gay citizens, to further restrict the vote, for the sale of the state to the highest bidding corporate crony and so much more.

Meanwhile, the Democrats in office continue to pander to voters who will never vote for them anyway. That is part of what got the D's in such trouble in the first place.

Welcome to fascism: government of the corporation for the corporation by the corporation.

Hildegard's picture

Anybody who seriously thinks

Anybody who seriously thinks a Tennessee Democrat AG would somehow tip the balance b/w freedom and tyranny is on Ambien.

Rachel's picture

This. And I really don't

This.

And I really don't think Slatery will be under Ramsey's thumb.

Although you guys go ahead and tell me how Haslam's guy will do Ramsey's bidding.

Mello's picture

The court’s action, described

The court’s action, described by Chief Justice Sharon Lee as a unanimous choice by its five members,

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