Justin Pearson is Back in the Tennessee House

The second of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled from the Tennessee House was reinstated in the same fashion — quickly and unanimously by the governing board in his district. 
On Wednesday, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners took minutes to reappoint Rep. Justin Pearson to his seat in the Legislature by unanimous vote, nearly a week after his expulsion by the Republican-controlled state House.
“The message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You c