TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 8, 2023

Today, the Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision that lawmakers must redraw the state’s Senate maps. The ruling means that the current legislative districts will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections. In November, a three-judge panel ruled that new Republican-drawn maps were incorrectly numbered and violated the state constitution. The Associated Press reports the state argued that the plaintiffs in the case had no standing to sue and that the state wanted to exhaust all of its appeals options before having to reconfigure district lines. The Supreme Court’s ruling today sides with the state. The redrawn maps will stay in place as the appeals process runs its course.