The new motion argues that the State of Tennessee purposefully targeted Black voters when drawing the new congressional map.
Tennessee Republicans kicked Democratic lawmakers, journalists, and constituents out of a special redistricting session Wednesday as protests over their new congressional map engulfed the state House.
Republicans pass new map ahead of midterms after US Supreme Court weakened Voting Rights Act restrictions.
Tennessee Republicans' redistricting of Memphis was a 'political miscalculation' that awakened Shelby County's power.