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3 Suits Filed Against New Congressional Map

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 13, 2026

Three lawsuits have been filed against Tennessee’s new congressional redistricting map. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Tennessee 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. Read more in a press release from the ACLU. In the second suit, four registered voters and four candidates — including current U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and state Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, who is running to challenge Cohen — in District 5, 6 and 9 races have filed a federal lawsuit, U.S. District Court Judge William Campbell of the Middle District of Tennessee has set a May 20 court date for that one, WSMV reports. Finally, the Tennessee NAACP filed suit in state court. The Tennessee Supreme Court on May 11 appointed a special three-judge panel to consider that case. According to States Newsroom, the panel will be Chancellor Anne Martin, Chancellor Tony Childress and Judge James Gass.