At the First Amendment Center in Nashville, Sen. Alexander, First Amendment Center Founder, John Seigenthaler, former U.S. Attorney Hal Hardin and author Keel Hunt discussed Hunt's book, "Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal," in which Hunt recounts the removal of Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from office in 1979 and the early swearing-in of then-Governor Lamar Alexander.