Tennessee driver's licenses can be suspended for unpaid traffic fines after court reversal

[TexasTowelie]

Tennessee residents with overdue traffic fines can have their driver's licenses suspended for not paying traffic related fines, according to an appellate court ruling.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction this week in response to a 2017 class-action lawsuit that had ruled suspension of a driver's license solely for not paying traffic fines violated the 14th amendment.

The ruling was made looking at a similar Michigan case that ruled that state's police the suspension of driver's licenses for unpaid traffic fines did not violate the constitution.

The preliminary injunction that stopped Tennessee from revoking driver's licenses for unpaid fines while the suit was pending was issued by U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger, in 2018.

Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/05/23/judge-tennessee-drivers-license-can-suspended-unpaid-fines/5249594002/

[mr_lebowski]

1. They miss the revenue from the SUPER expensive driving on suspended license tickets

Get poor people trapped in an endless debt cycle, it's awe$ome

[jimfields33]

3. I'm ok with this as long as they send a certified letter to license holder

If you speed, you need to pay it or go to court. I did one time and I was let off. My points were suspended for two years as long as I didn’t get another citation, they went away.

[RainCaster]

2. As long as they can still vote, we are OK

That's the important thing to me.

Anyone differ?