Law Office of Bryan Stephenson

10/16/2026

What Frank said👇🏼

10/16/2026

Wow…the No On Amendment 1 signs are getting bigger. Looking good downtown Nashville. VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 1

10/15/2026

TN - Please vote NO to constitutional amendment #1. Currently TN's constitution provides more civil liberty protections than the US constitution. This amendment seeks to tear away those protections by allowing judges to lock someone up indefinitely until trial. It's unamerican and runs afoul of "innocent until proven guilty." Judges can already set bail extremely high (literally, there's no $ limit!) + impose serious restrictions for those who can afford to post bail (GPS monitoring, house arrest, drug/alcohol tests, treatment, curfews, etc.). And if someone screws up on release, judges can already REVOKE bail. This amendment would inch us closer to a system you'd see in authoritarian places like China, Russia, & Venezuela. If you knew how often "serious" charges end in acquittal, dismissal, or reduced charges, you'd be appalled at this oppressive move.

Tennessee voters will decide in November whether to amend the state constitution to allow judges to deny bail for an expanded list of alleged offenses.

09/01/2026

License plate reader abuses include, so far, 55 stalking cases by law enforcement officers.

The Institute for Justice has cataloged more than 100 incidents of ALPR abuse, including romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law enforcement use, and other types of misconduct.

08/28/2026

DAs hold an incredible amount of power. There is no worse type of prosecutor than one who's a bully.

Dunn was charged with six counts, including official misconduct, coercion of a witness and civil rights intimidation.

07/28/2026

Good grief. Threw away her career to claim some undue mileage reimbursement.

An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has revealed that Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Jessie Mayberry, who served in the 13th Judicial District, improperly received at least $6,021.01 in mileage reimbursements for her daily commute and submitted additional questionable mileage...

06/09/2026

Cannabis law is constantly shifting, state to state & federally. Tennessee is one of the rare states that shifted backwards in 2026.

Tennessee’s THC ban takes effect July 1, restricting which hemp-derived products can be sold statewide.

06/01/2026

A DA being reversed by SCOTUS for racist practices is incredibly rare. To see it happen twice (to the same DA) is markedly beyond the pale. It's impossible to calculate how many other violations occurred that didn't get reviewed by higher courts.

The Supreme Court divided 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the three liberal justices in the majority.

04/28/2026

Former Knox Co prosecutor *censured* for lying under oath. This is the lawyer equivalent of getting called into the principal’s office for a talking-to instead of expulsion or suspension.

03/19/2026

A nice win for the First Amendment!

https://www.avclub.com/afroman-triumphs-defamation-suit-cops-lemon-pound-cake?fbclid=IwdGRleAQpGUxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe1jsEPdznFSINbxpPkmfkyhs6RhcjkKEOWuNDczupbqhMhqFRzpq1pLK0oKo_aem_48iM7iUV63WEzizFg8D79A

Afroman triumphs in defamation suit from cops who kicked down his door