TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 7, 2022

Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a set of new Senate, House and congressional district maps yesterday, the Tennessean reports. In January, Lee told the Rotary Club of Nashville he believed state lawmakers "made every effort to follow the law" when crafting the new congressional districts. But Democrats have spoken out against what they call partisan gerrymandering designed to draw power away from booming Nashville. The Tennessee Democratic Party says it is "prepping a lawsuit."