Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "GOP strategist says Tennessee Republicans expelling Justin Jones and Justin Pearson is a mistake" video.
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From the Tennessee Constitution, Art. II., Legislature:
Section 13. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
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@henryroman5415 The state constitution is the supreme law of the state. The "permanent rules," which are to implement the constitution, are subordinate to the constitution and must be consistent therewith or are null-and-void. And so "permanent" that they often change.
From the Tennessee constitution (as of 2014), Art. II., Legislative Department:
Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
The white majority, in the state where the KKK originated, told two uppity Blacks to sit down and shut up. Following the lead of the people, wherein the power of the legislature originates, the two Blacks protested the largesse that defends the "right" to commit mass murder over the illegality of committing mass murder, are then expelled from their elected position in order to silence their and the people's right to dissent, protest, and have that made a matter of the record. Instead the two legislators were punished for dissenting and protesting.
In addition, state law is subordinate to the US Constitution per the Supremacy Clause, and thus the First Amendment rights of the two legislators were violated. The Supreme Court already settled this issue, 9 to 0, when Julian Bond was refused his seat because he had spoken out against US involvement in Vietnam. There is no requirement that ANY US citizen MUST either support gov't policy or STFU.
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