> The bill’s passage came despite concerns over the constitutionality of a provision creating a Class E felony, punishable by up to 6 years in prison and a $3,000 fine, for any public official who votes in favor of so-called sanctuary policies.
Besides Tennessee law prohibits creation of "sanctuary city" way before Trump came into power.
[1] https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillN...
[2] https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillN...
This makes it illegal to vote. That's first amendment protected behavior and has long been precedent. And once they set the precedent they can make voting a particular way illegal, they'll apply that same law to more and more laws - and then they'll apply it to citizens (based on the SCOTUS ruling that legislators have the same first amendement right as citizens). Stop being a fascist apologist and pretending this behavior is normal.
It is not God damn normal to outlaw voting a specific way. It's their job to represent their electorate and that's literally how we're supposed to change the system in democratic system. This is clearly a move to make it illegal to progressive.
But in this case, it didn't really change anything.