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“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely,” wrote Lord Acton. The 19th-century British historian and politician’s apt observation applies perfectly to the Republican supermajority (75 to 23) in the Tennessee House of Representatives' unp
Seth Herald/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Nashville's Metro Council unanimously voted to reinstate Justin Jones, the Tennessee House representative who was ousted last week for taking part in a gun control rally. Jones will serve as an interim legislator until a special election is called. "This is about people power. It shows that people power is the ultimate power, not the decision of [House Speaker] Cameron Sexton, but the decision of the people," Jones said after the hearing on Monday. Nashville Vice Mayor Jim Shulman, the council's president, told ABC News that members quic...
Would you encourage them to try to follow the rules to avoid this type of thing happening again? representative jones and representative pearson are activists. whne their constituents voted for them they knew who they were, they wanted representatives who were unapologetic and speak for the people. i think they need to be and will be true to themselves. i do not think they need to change. everyone who watched last week knows the expulsion was an overreach and i think how they have been catapulted into the international and national stage proves they are doing the right thing and they are on th...
Just days after his fellow Tennessee lawmakers expelled him, Justin Jones was reinstated.
See the battle here won't stop for quite some time because, remember, they were appointed back to the seat and we're told that will have to be a special election. so this process is not over just yet, but you can just tell by the energy that's surrounding the city right now that they believe they have finally sort of cracked the surface in terms of getting people. understand what's going on in the state. and this process tonight that you just saw was for representative jones . in a moment, i'm going to speak to representative justin pearson. what was the timetable for his possible reinstatemen...