Saturday, April 8, 2023

The Tennessee Purge

We discussed purges in previous lectures and the role they play in allowing one group to dominate an institution by simply getting rid of the others.

That's one way to think about what happened in Tennessee recently.

- Tennessee House Ousts 2 Democratic Lawmakers: What You Need to Know.

Article One of the U.S. Constitution contains a provision that allows the House and Senate to expel a member with a 2/3rds vote.