TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jul 30, 2024

A three judge panel on Monday ruled that a new law, which would cut Nashville's Metro Council in half, is unconstitutional. Axios Nashville reports that a majority of the judges agreed with the city's argument that the law violated a provision of the Tennessee Constitution that protects local governments from laws that single them out. In a statement following the court win, Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell highlighted a 2015 vote in which voters rejected a proposal to reduce the size of the council. The city sued over the law in March 2023 while another group sued soon thereafter. A temporary injunction on implementation of the cut was approved in April 2023.