TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 15, 2025

Nashville is appealing a Tennessee Court of Appeals decision that upheld a 2023 state law cutting its city council in half to the Tennessee Supreme Court, WPLN reports. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that the law was unconstitutional under the state's Home Rule amendment, which prohibits legislation that specifically targets one local government. If the law ultimately is upheld, the council would be reduced from 40 to 20 members for the 2027 election.