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John Pelissero, senior scholar, government ethics, joins The Gaggle podcast to discuss the politics and ethics of the recent expulsions of state legislators in Arizona and Tennessee.

"From both a political and an ethical set of perspectives. It's very important to an element of fairness that an elected majority never utilize their majority in ways that are designed to punish or take revenge, political revenge against a minority serving in the same legislative body. When our country was founded, the founders knew that there would be times in which there would be a majority that would rule over a small minority. And no matter how small the founders felt, that it was important to always be judicious and fair in dealing with members of the minority party and not to exhibit any pattern of bias against their ability to discharge their duties to represent the minority."

John Pelissero, senior scholar, government ethics, interviewed on the The Gaggle podcast.