Three federal challenges to Tennessee redistricting consolidated into one case

A federal judge has ordered a legal challenge to Tennessee’s redrawn congressional districts — brought by the ACLU on behalf of voters, clergy and nonprofits in Memphis — be consolidated with two other challenges, at the request of the state attorneys defending the maps.

The lawsuit will now be merged with a legal challenge to newly drawn maps filed jointly by the NAACP Tennessee State Conference and the League of Women Voters of Tennessee; a separate legal challenge brought by Democratic congressional candidates and voters is also part of the now-consolidated case moving forward.

Chief U.S. District Judge William Campbell, Jr., a Trump appointee, has been assigned the consolidated case, which will ultimately be heard before a three-judge panel consisting of Campbell, another federal judge and an appeals court judge. The two other judges have yet to be named.

Campbell last week denied a temporary restraining order sought in the challenge by Democratic candidates and voters, who requested the new maps be shelved for the 2026 election cycle while the court process continued.


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