TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 27, 2026

A three-judge state court panel has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed by the NAACP challenging Tennessee’s newly redrawn congressional districts, according to the Nashville Banner. The lawsuit argued the General Assembly exceeded the scope of Gov. Bill Lee’s special session proclamation when it approved the maps, which divide Memphis into three congressional districts. The three-judge panel ruled that sovereign immunity protected Lee and the General Assembly from the suit and found only one plaintiff, DeVante Hill, had legal standing to challenge the map. But the judges ultimately determined that Hill’s constitutional and statutory claims lacked merit, concluding the legislature’s actions fell within the scope of the governor’s proclamation. Separate legal challenges to the maps remain pending in federal court.