House, Senate speakers continue to push back on current removal process
But Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, a staunch opponent of relocating the Forrest bust from the Capitol, and House Speaker Cameron Sexton have argued for months that the governor and his cabinet members on the Capitol Commission did not follow state law by failing to get a vote of concurrence from the State Building Commission before proceeding to the Historical Commission.
While the Building Commission step was never previously publicly discussed by McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and Sexton, R-Crossville, in conversations about the proper removal process, the two speakers after the July 2020 Capitol Commission vote pointed to a section of state law that indicated a third commission also needed to be involved.
Tennessee s anti-trans restroom law blocked by federal judge
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The first-of-its-kind law requires businesses to post signs about trans-friendly bathrooms and took effect July 1. It was signed by Gov. Bill Lee in May.
Middle District of Tennessee Judge Aleta A. Trauger issued the ruling Friday granting a temporary injunction against enforcing the law.
“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein, Trauger wrote in her 31-page order. That rule is not founded simply on an abstract love of unfettered and uncompelled speech, Trauger wrote. The First Amendment holds its privileged place in our constitutional system because, whenever the Federal Government or a State prevents individuals from saying what they think on important matters or compels them to voice ideas with which they disagree, it undermines both our d