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April 12, 2017 Border disputes / Legal profession / Tennessee / Virginia

Gov. Taylor immediately wired, “The laws of Tennessee must be upheld.”

The most serious difficulty over the TN/VA stateline issue, one which threatened bloodshed, was what’s been termed the “The Water-Works War.”

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James 'Miss Jim' Margrave Perry
March 17, 2014 Legal profession / South Carolina

‘Miss Jim’ blazed new trail for women in upstate SC

James Marjory ‘Miss Jim’ Perry became the 1st woman member of the SC bar, and first to be named a partner in a South Carolina law firm.

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Ellen-Wilson formal studio portrait
March 10, 2014 Georgia / Legal profession / Politics

The First Lady Who Missed Her Homecoming

Ellen Axson Wilson did indeed “come home” in 1914, but not to enjoy parades and illuminated streets. Rather, in a coffin.

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'the law' cartoon
January 8, 2009 Courthouses / Drug laws / Legal profession

Crazy laws still on the books

Better get started putting that hitching post up outside your office building in Knoxville, TN. It’s still the law. There’s more! Much more!

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August 5, 2008 Legal profession / Politics / Religious practices / Tennessee

The Scopes Monkey Trial

Unquestioningly, the Bible holds some of the greatest wisdom ever shared with mankind. But, when fallible mortals twist that wisdom…

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