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At least 27 state legislators have been expelled since 2000

Over the past month, three elected officials were expelled from state legislatures: Reps. Liz Harris (R-Ariz.), Justin Jones (D-Tenn.), and Justin Pearson (D-Tenn.).

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'Tennessee three' to visit Biden at White House next week

Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in gun protests will visit the White House on Monday

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Tracking this year’s uptick in proposed constitutional amendments in Texas

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Editorial: Republicans in Tennessee and Arizona were wrong to kick out elected legislators they disagreed with

Everyone knows that the foolish ruling Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two freshmen Democrats, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, on some specious charges on April 6, a partisan move that backfired when both men were promptly reinstated. But just six days later, the foolish ruling Republicans in…

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Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he’d be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a school shooting left three children and three adults dead

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Gun safety demonstrators carry caskets to Tennessee Capitol

Protesters calling for gun safety legislation were blocked from bringing caskets inside Tennessee’s Capitol, but a recently reinstated legislator escorted an infant-sized casket inside before he was barred from carrying it onto the House floor

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Power, race, and fragile democracy in Tennessee

What an almost entirely white Republican supermajority in a gerrymandered state acting to expel two young Black democratic politicians reveals about race and democracy.

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In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement

In barely two weeks, two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence

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Francis Wilkinson: The gun debate isn’t hopeless. Just look at Tennessee

“We’re not going to fix it.” That instantly infamous line, delivered by a Republican congressman in the wake of a mass shooting at a private school in Nashville late last month, was supposed to be the lesson learned by anyone hoping for a robust response to another mass murder. Dispensing…

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Popularity is optional as Republicans find ways to impose minority rule

Some of Trump’s party’s signature policies enjoy only meagre public support but rightwing judges and state legislators are proving adept at finding workarounds

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Tucker Carlson accuses Black Tennessee lawmaker expelled over gun protest of speaking ‘like a sharecropper’

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Dems want DOJ probe of Tenn. expulsions

Democrats allege racial discrimination, voter disenfranchisement and First Amendment rights violations

Salon

Justin Pearson celebrates return to Tennessee legislature after expulsion

Reinstatement by unanimous vote of local commission follows similar move for fellow Black Democrat Justin Jones

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Watch live: Justin Pearson returns to Tennessee House after gun control protest

Watch live as Democratic representative Justin Pearson returns to the Tennessee House of Representatives along with another young Black colleague after leading a gun control protest on the chamber floor.

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Expelled to reinstated: Pearson to return to Tennessee House

The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will follow his colleague in a return to the Legislature

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Ousted Black lawmaker Justin Pearson to return to Tennessee House: ‘You can’t expel hope’

A panel in Memphis voted to reinstate Justin Pearson to the state House a week after he and another Black lawmaker were removed for supporting a gun-control protest.

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Second Tennessee lawmaker to return to chamber after explusion

Shelby County Board of Commissioners votes to restore Justin Pearson to seat after he was ousted for US gun protest.

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Memphis officials vote to reinstate expelled lawmaker Justin Pearson

Justin Pearson made history last week when he and fellow Democrat Justin Jones were expelled from their elected offices for leading a gun control demonstration on the Tennessee House floor.

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The Independent UK

Second expelled Democratic lawmaker reinstated to Tennessee House

County officials voted unanimously to return Memphis-area state Rep Justin Pearson to the state House

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Both Black Tennessee lawmakers have been reinstated after being expelled by GOP

Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.

The Guardian - US

‘You can’t expel our fight’: ousted Democrat returns to Tennessee house

Memphis officials voted to reinstate Justin Pearson, the second of two lawmakers expelled from legislature by Republicans

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump reportedly sues former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500m – as it happened

Lawsuit claims former fixer breached attorney-client privilege and unjustly enriched himself, among other allegations

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Tennessee Republicans can’t stop progress

Across the country, the illogical priorities of the right have become more and more glaring. And nowhere is this worse than in Tennessee, where conservatives have banned books and drag shows but have done nothing to protect kids from what is now their most likely cause of death: gun violence.…

Salon

Koch backs Republicans behind expulsions

GOPers funded by Koch Industries, which is owned by the conservative Koch family and has worked to loosen gun laws

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2nd Black lawmaker could be returned to Tennessee House

Commissioners in Memphis are scheduled to decide whether to return a Black Democrat to the Republican-led Tennessee House

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