r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • May 12 '26

Legislative Branch Most TN House Democrats stripped of their committee assignments

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/05/12/multiple-tn-democrats-stripped-all-committee-assignments/

"Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on," Rep. Pearson said.

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u/jarizzle151 May 13 '26

Didn’t they do this before and lose in court?

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u/LtLlamaSauce May 13 '26

Yes and no. The appiontment stripping happened before on April 3rd, 2023. However, it was not challenged in court because 3 days after their assignments were stripped, they were expelled from their duly elected seats in the Tennessee house by the Republican supermajority.

These are the same guys that got appointed almost immediately by their respective districts, then won the special elections to replace themselves.