Tennessee Legislature expels 2 members

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(04-07-2023, 10:56 AM)michaelsean Wrote: While I think it was a ridiculous overreaction, the first amendment doesn't come into play here.  They violated the rules.

They did.

So did the member that peed on a chair and wasn't removed among others.

“We had a member pee in another member’s chair, in this chamber — no expulsion. In fact, they’re in leadership.”

— Tennessee State Rep. @brotherjones_ (D), ahead of expulsion vote, talks about sexual assaults and other investigations that did not get his colleagues expelled pic.twitter.com/zp6a5F7Rqv

— The Recount (@therecount) April 6, 2023

 


Expulsion has been used just three times since 1980:

Quote:Flashback: The Senate voted 27-5 last year to expel former Sen. Katrina Robinson after a federal wire fraud conviction.

• The House voted to expel former Rep. Jeremy Durham in 2016 over allegations of sexual misconduct. It was a bipartisan 70-2 vote.
• The Tennessean reports a House member was ousted in 1980 for soliciting a bribe to stop pending legislation.
  

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Before that, the newspaper reports, the most recent expulsion was in 1866, when six House members were expelled for trying to stop Tennessee from ratifying the 14th Amendment, which established citizenship for people who had been enslaved.[/size]

This just seems a *BIT* harsh for "breaking the rules".