TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 12, 2026

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Tennessee last week filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three individual Memphis voters, as well as the Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis, the Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Equity Alliance. The suit challenges Tennessee’s new congressional redistricting map and seeks to block the map from taking effect before the August primary election. Read more in a press release from the ACLU. Two other lawsuits — one from the Tennessee NAACP and one from voters and Democratic Congressional candidates — also have been filed. The Tennessee Supreme Court on May 11 appointed a special three-judge panel to consider the NAACP's case. According to States Newsroom, they are Chancellor Anne Martin, Chancellor Tony Childress and Judge James Gass. In the candidates' suit, U.S. District Court Judge William Campbell of the Middle District of Tennessee set a May 20 court date, WSMV reports.