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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 17, 2025

The Tennessee Senate has passed SR120, Action News 5 reports. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, calls for the Tennessee Supreme Court to establish a Judicial Review Committee to investigate three district attorneys general (DAs): Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk and District Attorney Chris Stanford, who serves Warren and Van Buren counties. The resolution also asks the Supreme Court to create a review board that would mirror the Board of Judicial Conduct but oversee district attorneys, court clerks and public defenders according to the Commercial Appeal. “After discussions with Senate leadership, we agreed the serious nature of these allegations warrant a judicial — rather than legislative — review,” Taylor said. The senator had introduced a resolution in January that would have created a committee of legislators to investigate Mulroy. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee but never considered.