Bolling: Could Expulsion Like What Happened in TN Happen in Virginia?

/ April 10, 2023

This story out of Tennessee is bizarre: Tennessee House GOP expels 2 Democrats in retaliation over gun control protest, on ‘sad day for democracy’ | CNN.

I watched the actions of the two lawmakers who were “expelled,” and their conduct was clearly unacceptable and inappropriate.

However, I just don’t understand how the Tennessee House could “expel” them, which as I understand it, is tantamount to removing them from office.

I guess this is provided for in the Tennessee state constitution, but I don’t think something like this could happen in Virginia. I know that legislators in Virginia can be censured, and have been. They can be stripped of their committee assignments, and have been.

But I don’t think the legislature can unilaterally “expel” a member from the Senate or the House of Delegates. I guess they do things differently in Tennessee!

Bill Bolling spent 22 years in elected office including eight years as 39th Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He lives in the Richmond area with his wife Jean Ann and teaches government and politics at George Mason University, University of Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

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