TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Jul 15, 2015

State Rep. Rick Womick is calling for impeachment of Gov. Bill Haslam for accepting the gay-marriage ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and of the five justices for making the decision. "I am looking at impeachment proceedings," the Republican lawmaker from Rutherford County said during a Tuesday phone interview with the Tennessean. Womick contends that Haslam should enforce the Tennessee Constitution and the amendment approved by voters in a referendum that bans gay marriage because the U.S. Supreme Court has no authority to rule on marriage.