Civil rights groups suing Tennessee over Republican-led redistricting
The challenge on the state’s Congressional district lines, also drawn by the Tennessee Legislature, centers on Nashville being split among three redrawn Congressional districts. (Mark Humphrey/AP file)
The lawsuit filed Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Nashville federal court seeks to redraw the Cordova-based state Senate district in Shelby County and cites a “larger discriminatory agenda” by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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