‘Tennessee Three’ Member Files Federal Suit Against State House Speaker

Democrat state Rep. Justin Jones alleges that Tennessee House leadership violated his constitutional rights by expelling him from the chamber.
‘Tennessee Three’ Member Files Federal Suit Against State House Speaker
The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on March 29, 2023. Chase Smith/The Epoch Times
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The chaos of the Tennessee House of Representatives’ legislative session this year continues, as a member of the “Tennessee Three” who was ousted from the chamber by colleagues back in April has filed a federal complaint against Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton.

State Rep. Justin Jones, a Nashville Democrat who was ousted and then reelected to his seat after staging a protest on the House floor calling for gun control after the Covenant School Shooting, filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Oct. 2.
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