The Tennessee Legislature is moving toward the point where it wraps
up its activities for the 2021 part of the two year session. As that
day approaches, opportunities are ending to enact laws in 2021 which
would restore your rights, which would remove infringements on your
rights and which would require the state’s administrative branch to
zealously defend Tennessee and Tennesseans against the orchestrated
attack on our rights and state sovereignty that is swiftly coming from
the Biden-Harris administration.
As these concluding days and
weeks come to us, you will increasingly hear from Legislators what a
great job they have done for you in 2021, particularly since 2022 is an
election year for most of them. You will hear that they have
accomplished all that could be accomplished. You will hear that they
make some steps forward, albeit perhaps incremental steps or steps that
just moved the ball down the field, in the battle with some unnamed
forces to fully retore you rights. While it will not sound in these
terms, you will be told that compromises were made on your rights to
achieve some results because full results were otherwise unattainable.
As
you hear those words, read to each of those who offer them the
following from Article 10, Section 2 of the Tennessee Constitution:
Each member of the Senate and
House of Representatives, shall before they proceed to business take an
oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of this State, and of
the United States and also the following oath: I ………. do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that as a member of this General Assembly, I will, in all
appointments, vote without favor, affection, partiality, or prejudice;
and that I will not propose or assent to any bill, vote or
resolution, which shall appear to me injurious to the people, or consent
to any act or thing, whatever, that shall have a tendency to lessen or
abridge their rights and privileges, as declared by the Constitution of
this State.
The Bill Status and Calendar Reports list the bills that had activity
last week as well as the ones on notice for hearings this week.
Please review these and make the calls that need to be made.
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