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Leaders. it was about who they were representing. its about whose voices they were channeling. understand that. and is that not what a democracy allows. democracy says you dont silence the people. you do not stifle the people. you dont turn off their microphones when they are speaking. michael lowry , the chairman of the shelby county board of commissioners, says that they will not discuss pearson pearson situation before their regularly scheduled meeting on wednesday. but if they do get a quoru...

But then heads on over to the state capital back to his normal seat. similarly over in memphis , mc michael lowry, the chairman of the shelby county board of commissioners, says that they will not address pearsons situation before wednesday. theyre normally scheduled meeting, then they will call for a quorum to schedule a special meeting and tennessee. were certainly seeing a political tensions rising hendro of remus , the chairman of the tennessee democratic party. he says the democratic contro...

I would say this, chris. tennessee has now given th entire country an object lesso in critical race theory better than any ap history course eve couldve, right? everybody sees it now, everybody knows it now everybody gets exactly what is going on to harrys point about the supreme court, any argumen that this was about the quorum or the house rules in tennessee, the republicans took tha argument off the table for the rest of us when they decided not to expel the white lady, but they did expel the...

Of democracy every legislature has rules, and rules for the quorum, rule for the conduct, rules for committees, and they also have sanctions for violations o those rules. and they are on a slidin scale. one can be reprimanded, one ca be sanctioned, one can b stripped of committe assignments, which all three o these representatives were o the day of their protest but the most extreme i expulsion because expulsion is a sanction not just agains representative, but against th voters who voted them i...

Reform. but when you talk to the other side, they say this is about the quorum at the state capital and that the three lawmakers took this too far. and today we could see this happen, don, because a lot of people believe the republicans have some momentum in terms of putting some pressure on the democrats. so ryan let me ask you about representative justin jones filing a police report over an incident on the floor remind us of what happened. means. yeah were going to see this video in a second d...

About the quorum. there used to be diplomacy. thats a word that we dont use very often anymore in american politics, just the idea that someone could walk across the aisle and say, all right, were going to maybe center you maybe maybe they face some sort of find that has not been the conversation at all. the passion for the folks who are out here. yes, they may feel a certain way. but the lawmakers on the inside have been voted in. this is a republican controlled state house. so if they make tha...

Of how this january, 6th mythology is really trickling down into the state level. well just to listen to that sound bite again and have him compared people died at the capitol. i mean, to compare it to this is its silly, and you know, as both sc and professor said yes, theres decorum on the house floor. i worked at the house of representatives in arizona, and it is important to quorum is very important. its how you keep you know, 100 people with varying political differences together to do the w...

Pearson is in there and he is fighting for his sort of his seat inside that state capitol room. now this is what were told. this is all about the quorum. these three members took to the floor with their passion had a plea to really stop. and think about gun violence. and thats what a lot of people who showed up here today wanted to talk about as this moves forward. how does this work? i asked every single member every person who has been elected the same question. is there an olive branch that c...

Morristown zoning administrator Todd Thomas held a site walk for the town’s development review board members last Wednesday that was closed to the public, employing a strategy to ensure adherence

Morristown zoning administrator Todd Thomas held a site walk for the town’s development review board members last Wednesday that was closed to the public, employing a strategy to ensure adherence