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 [1].
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!