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Tennessee-Style Power Grabs are Coming to a State House Near You

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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The Opposition's Struggle to Hold on to Power

Sherlyn Ifill: Republicans have gerrymandered their way into super majorities and a number of legislatures in which the accelerant of Trump has allowed them to leave behind. We're seeing all over the country, Republicans maneuvering to take power away from Democratic elected officials, she says. What we saw Thursday in Tennessee is all of a piece with this - two young legislators who have only been in office since January were expelled for rules violation. All prior conversations about democracy suppression kind of fade away because now we're just talking about pure majority rule or supermajority rule as a consequence,. And I don't care if you're elected, you can do your job," writes Orrin Hatch.

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