But we are clearly not living in it now. Instead, the current era of the Tennessee legislature has been defined by a non-stop stream of befuddling scandals and unforced errors by a Republican supermajority that is seemingly insulated from being punished for them. That body has given the state’s Capitol press corps — a fraction of the size it was decades earlier — no shortage of things to uncover and try to explain to readers. Sometimes, the audience becomes global.
Breached decorum. Can you imagine if it was within the rules to bring bullhorns as legislators?
The three Democrats led the gun control protest a week ago from the House floor using a bullhorn, as peaceful demonstrators rallied in the gallery. Johnson may have avoided the expulsion as she did not use a megaphone to lead chants, whereas Jones and Pearson did.