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Tennessee congressional map lawsuits intensify as state alleges 'judge-shopping'

A fast-moving legal battle over Tennessee’s newly enacted congressional map intensified this week as state officials accused attorneys representing Black voters

Fourth lawsuit filed against TN redistricting map

A week after an explosive special session carved up TN's last Democratic congressional district, a fourth lawsuit has been filed to stop it.

Tennessee Democrats who protested new map stripped of committee assignments

Tennessee Democratic lawmakers in the state House have been removed from leadership positions as punishment for how they carried out fiery protests against Republicans’ redistricting agenda. Republican Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton removed Democratic lawmakers from all House standing committees and subcommittees until next session,

Tennessee Republicans pass map splitting up state’s lone majority-Black district

Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature passed a new congressional map splitting up the state’s lone majority-Black district, swiftly responding to the U.S.

Tennessee passes new map that erases state’s lone majority-Black district

Tennessee state legislators on Thursday passed a congressional map that dismantles the state’s lone majority-Black district and gives Republicans the advantage in all nine of the state’s House seats.

NAACP alleges new Tennessee congressional map intentionally discriminates on basis of race

The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’