Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the Tennessee House of Representatives, Justin Pearson could get his lawmaking seat back.
The Shelby County Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET) to vote on whether to “reappoint Mr. Justin Pearson to his duly elected position to represent the citizens in District 86,” Mickell Lowery, the commission’s chairman, said as he announced Wednesday’s special meeting.
Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, Pearson said he would lead a march from Memphis’ National Civil Rights Museum to the county commission building. He also pledged to keep fighting to reform gun laws.
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