NAACP Sues Tennessee Over Redrawn U.S. House Map Splitting Shelby County
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The NAACP Tennessee chapter filed an emergency petition in Davidson County Chancery Court to block Gov. Bill Lee’s newly drawn U.S. House map, arguing it illegally dismantles a majority-Black Shelby County district and violates state law and the Tennessee Constitution amid a rapid special-session push and timing concerns around the upcoming primaries.
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