Yet attempts to create a nationwide basis for enforcing law and order all failed until Roosevelt built a durable nationwide ... how seemingly disparate forms of state power are mutually reinforcing.

This story has been updated to include a statement from the Tennessee Attorney General's office ... law was a "scorched earth" approach to the free speech rights of Tennesseans.

A Tennessee law that was set to go into effect on Wednesday has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who said the law was a "scorched earth" approach to the free speech rights of Tennesseans.

For now, though, in our first look at the landscape of 2025, it's crystal clear: Auburn and Tennessee are No. 1 and No. 2 in the final power rankings of the nonconference portion of the season.