<![CDATA[#Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House District]]> Unveil Map Carving Up ’s Majority District

The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone district.


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/gop-memphis-tennessee-house-map.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/31897fc1-85ee-4de4-9510-fb14e166cc68/republicans-unveil-map-carving-up-tennessee-s-majority-black-house-districtRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:46:48 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 16:43:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House District on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:57:14 GMT]]>@Nonilex Doesn’t this action render Shelby County vs. Holder (2013) obsolete? Can we use this argument to retrieve this provision (preclearance) of the VRA?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116528656355164103https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116528656355164103Wed, 06 May 2026 16:49:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House District on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:46:28 GMT]]> on Wednesday proposed a congressional map aimed at diluting the state’s lone majority district, a swift response to last week’s ruling that weakened a landmark .

The new map slices , a majority-Black city, & into 3 districts & likely will give Republicans the ability to flip Tennessee’s lone remaining Democratic seat.

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