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On Monday, Oct. 2, Tennessee House Rep. Justin Jones (D) filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Tennessee, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) and others challenging his expulsion from the state’s House of Representatives and certain House rules.
On Wednesday, Aug. 9, a coalition of civil rights organizations and individual voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s congressional and state Senate districts
On Friday, July 21, the Tennessee Coordinator of Elections, Mark Goins (R), announced a change to Tennessee’s felony rights restoration policy in a memo to county elections commissions across the state, adding a new step to an already arduous process.
On Thursday, June 29, in a 3-1 decision, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a disenfranchisement scheme that prohibits certain individuals with out-of-state felony convictions from voting in Tennessee.
On Monday, April 17, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) announced that the state will not appeal a decision that temporarily blocks portions of a newly enacted, anti-democratic law, House Bill 48.
On Wednesday, April 12, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to send recently expelled state Rep. Justin Pearson (D) back to the Tennessee General Assembly.
On Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in light of the Tennessee General Assembly’s recent expulsions of two Democratic state representatives.
On Monday, April 10, a three-judge panel of a Tennessee court temporarily blocked portions of a newly enacted, anti-democratic law, House Bill 48, that forces Nashville to reduce the size of its Metro Council by half.
On Monday, April 10, the Nashville Metro Council voted to send recently expelled state Rep. Justin Jones (D) back to the Tennessee General Assembly.
On Thursday, April 6, Tennessee Republicans expelled two state lawmakers who protested with voters at the capitol for gun safety legislation.