Bailey: Redistricting to the south poses the same arguments — and questions — as Tennessee
Redistricting for Mississippi has similar debates to Tennessee but will take longer to resolve.
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Redistricting for Mississippi has similar debates to Tennessee but will take longer to resolve.
“To hear many Tennessee Democrats tell it, partisan redistricting is some unprecedented assault on democracy itself — a historic political crisis unlike anything the state has ever experienced.”
A federal judge dealt a serious blow to Democrats by denying their request for a temporary restraining order against implementing new congressional maps. Fourth lawsuit filed against Tennessee’s new congressional mapRelated content:
News and updates on the new maps for Tennessee’s congressional districts — which split Memphis into three separate districts — and the lawsuits challenging the redistricting.
Activists, elected leaders and politicians from Mississippi and beyond gathered in the state’s capitol Wednesday to rally against redistricting efforts.
The move by Supreme Court of the United States threatens the seat of DeSoto County’s first Black and first female senator, who said she would entertain a legal challenge should the state move to eliminate her seat.
The state has tapped lawyers from a Virginia firm that has racked up recent Supreme Court victories.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday that he is exiting the August Congressional primaries after the Tennessee General Assembly redrew the state’s district lines, dividing Memphis among three Congressional districts and drawing Cohen out of the 9th District seat he’s held for 20 years.
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“Memphis has never been defined by the people who pass through it or pass judgment on it.”
The quick shift from the May elections to the August elections is the main topic of discussion on this week’s “Behind The Headlines.”
The $55-million renovation offers an expanded look at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and of the movement since his death in 1968.
“I remember us being chased by the Klan in Moscow, Tennessee,” Dekater Horton said, “because you are driving in a car with a white woman. It was in the middle of the day. We got on a dirt road, and they couldn’t catch us. It was normal, honestly.”
The ACLU has joined the NAACP, Tennessee voters and Congressional candidates and the Tennessee Democratic Party in suing the state over its new mid-census Congressional map.
Pearson declares ahead of a Friday filing deadline for the congressional seats with new district lines.
The plaintiffs in one of the federal cases against Tennessee’s new congressional maps have filed an emergency motion for an expedited ruling.
The resolution is not binding on state lawmakers, who have already passed the controversial plan. Council members also take a look at affordable housing in Orange Mound.
The Tennessee Democratic Party supported multiple events and several rallies during the three-day special session that led to the map’s passage into law.
The map would make all nine of Tennessee’s seats Republican-leaning districts.
A new Tennessee Congressional map has left many Memphians wondering what district they’re in, but the Tennessee Comptroller now has resources.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee also signed several more bills related to redistricting.Related content:
A close-up of Shelby County, obtained by The Daily Memphian and shared by legislators on social media, shows that most of Memphis’ municipal limits appear to be split roughly three ways. The map still does not include streets, precincts or municipal boundaries. State GOP proposes splitting Memphis into three Congressional districts Proposed congressional map debated, protested at Tennessee CapitolRelated content:
Lawmakers passed a new congressional map that split Shelby County into three different congressional districts, less than a week after Gov. Bill Lee called for a special session on the matter.Related content:
The 30 state Democrats all wore white Thursday in a silent protest supporting voting rights.
“We’ve been campaigning hard since the filing deadline ... and that’s a First Amendment violation, so there will be a lawsuit in state court,” Cohen said.