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Opinion  |  Russ Latino  • 
April 14, 2023

Friday ‘Sip: Tennessee 3, Chokwe’s Chicken, Right to an Attorney

This week's 'Sip looks at the unforced error of ejecting Justin Jones and Pearson from the Tennessee House of Representatives, the smelly game of chicken Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is playing with his City Council over garbage collection, and a new Supreme Court rule to protect indigent defendants' right to an attorney.
Opinion  |  Sid Salter  • 
April 12, 2023

Expulsion of ‘Tennessee Three’ lawmakers is another step away from civil democracy

What makes American democracy and the republic in which we live special is our willingness to protect free speech even when we disagree with some or all of it.