Voting Rights Act of 1965

Federal court denies injunction on Tennessee redistricting

Federal courts repeatedly denied injunctions challenging Tennessee’s recently redrawn congressional maps, with judges finding insufficient evidence of racial motivation and that plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed on the merits, including rulings that the maps eliminate the state’s sole majority-Black district around Memphis. The cases reflect ongoing litigation tied to shifts in voting rights jurisprudence after the Supreme Court’s changes to the Voting Rights Act and concerns over partisan advantage and minority representation.