TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Apr 6, 2023

The Tennessee House of Representatives has expelled the first of three Democratic members who were at risk of being thrown out of the legislature for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control after the Nashville school shooting, the Associated Press reports. The vote Thursday to oust Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville was an extraordinary move the chamber has used only a handful times since the Civil War. The House was also to consider ousting Reps. Gloria Johnson, Knoxville, and Justin Pearson, Memphis. Votes on those expulsions were expected later today. The move comes a week after the trio chanted back and forth from the chamber floor with gun-control supporters who packed the gallery. House lawmakers voted 72-25 to remove Jones.