Interview: Law professor Dwight Aarons on Tennessee expulsions
University of Tennessee
Tennessee voted on Thursday to expel Reps Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. An expulsion vote for Rep Gloria Johnson failed. The three were facing expulsion due to leading a protest on the House floor last week calling for gun law reforms. Critics of the expulsion are maintaining that the action was racist and unconstitutional. Dwight Aarons, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law, talked with WUOT about the legalities of the expulsion process. The interview was edited for clarity.
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