A public records case over a leaked manifesto belonging to Audrey Hale, a transgender individual who shot up the Covenant School in a Nashville suburb - killing three 9-year-old children and three adults, has spiraled into a contentious legal battle which could see a journalist tossed in jail if he doesn't reveal his source.
Leahy has filed an emergency motion to stay her order.... ...except the court of appeals is too busy handling slip-and-fall cases to care that a journalist is about to be jailed.
On Friday a Nashville police lieutenant delivered a court declaration suggesting Davidson as the source of the leaks, intensifying the scrutiny in the case.
Feb. 13, 2024 - Myles issues an order that says "Any supplemental filings, declarations, and/or affidavits filed by the Parties and/or Amici or sought to be filed by the Parties and/or Amici containing any direct information, no matter how obtained, which is the subject matter of this case SHALL NOT be filed with the Court but SHALL BE submitted for in camera review following the procedures delineated in this case. Any efforts to usurp the Orders of the Court by any Party, Counsel and/or Amici regarding the matters currently under in camera review shall be sanctioned to the fullest extent of the law, including contempt of court."
"The Court is concerned that the filing of such leaked documents into the record of the Court will violate the due process of this Court proceeding and the parties involved. Further, the Court is concerned that the filing of such leaked information in the record of the Court may encourage the additional illegal leakage of documents by anyone who may have access to those documents and would wish to influence the outcome of these proceedings, usurp the rule of law and/or circumvent the legal process."
"With due respect to the Court, this Court's show cause order: violates Tenn. Code Ann. 24-1-208(a), Tennessee's shield law; contravenes Tennessee's contempt law; deprives Mr. Leahy of minimum due process guarantees; and suffers from other serious constitutional infirmities."
Thursday, June 13 - Horwitz files an emergency application with the Court of Appeals to stay Chancellor's Myles order.
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