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Expelled Tennessee Dems win back seats

Justin Jones captured nearly 80% of the vote while Justin Pearson won with more than 90%

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Two of ‘Tennessee Three’ lawmakers win back their seats after being expelled by GOP over gun safety protests

Republican lawmakers moved to expel their three colleagues after they protested the state’s gun laws following the Nashville school shooting

The Independent UK

The 2 expelled members of the 'Tennessee 3' win back their state House seats

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones advanced Thursday through a special election to fully reclaim their positions.

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2 members of expelled 'Tennessee Three' vie to win back their legislative seats

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones are hoping to once again reclaim their legislative seats after being expelled for their involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor

The Independent UK

Tennessee lawmaker raised $860k in campaign donations after Republican expulsion over gun control protest

Justin Pearson has since been restored to his seat in the state legislature

The Independent UK

After expulsion and reinstatement, Tennessee Reps. Pearson, Jones advance past Democratic primaries

Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle after the two young Black lawmakers were expelled earlier this year for their gun control protest on the House floor, then reinstated by local officials days afterward

The Independent UK

Previewing Thursday’s special election primaries to fill vacancies created after state lawmakers were expelled

Welcome to the Monday, June 12, Brew.

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Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions

Lawmakers this year kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana

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A History Of Expulsion From State Legislatures Since 2003

Two Tennessee state legislatures were briefly expelled from their position earlier this year. How common are these expulsions?

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At least 28 state legislators have been expelled since 2000

Last 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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US history of silencing Black officials

State legislatures have long disenfranchised Black representatives and voters

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US has a long history of state lawmakers silencing elected Black officials and taking power from their constituents

Mississippi legislators have enacted a law that would create a new judicial system covering the state’s capital city, Jackson, in place of the current county court system.

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Polarization means punishment for minority party lawmakers

Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 session

The Independent UK

Montana GOP may "expel" trans lawmaker

GOP sets vote to discipline state Rep. Zooey Zephyr over her "rhetoric" against a ban on gender-affirming care

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Biden hails Tennessee lawmakers attacked by GOP over gun control push: ‘You’re standing up for our kids’

Lawmakers’ expulsion for support of gun control protesters led to national outrage

The Independent UK

Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion to visit White House

President Joe Biden on Monday plans to welcome to the White House the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse

Salon

Tennessee and Jan. 6: A history lesson

Republicans continue to undermine democracy in outrageous ways — but the pursuit of justice for Jan. 6 won't stop

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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

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 19, Brew.

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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…

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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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