TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 9, 2023

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is senior counsel at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., is calling on Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton to fully reinstate" Jones to all rights, duties and privileges of his office before the special session begins. That would include reinstating Jones to his committee assignments, the Times Free Press reports. Last Thursday, Nashville voters returned Jones to his seat after he was expelled for joining in pro-gun control protests inside the House chamber in the days following a shooting at The Covenant School.