A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid to block Tennessee’s new Congressional map that eliminates a racially gerrymandered district.
Earlier this month, Tennessee Republicans passed a new congressional map that eliminated Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen’s Memphis district.
Tennessee became the ninth state to approve a new congressional map amid the redistricting wars.
A judge previously allowed Tennessee’s new congressional map to stand.
Tennessee Republicans eliminated Cohen’s congressional district after the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ruling on racial gerrymandering.
The case, State of Louisiana v. Phillip Callais (and the related Press Robinson v. Phillip Callais), stems from Louisiana’s woke lawmakers caving to left-wing judges and creating a second “majority-minority” congressional district.
Last week, longtime Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen ended his reelection bid after Tennessee Republicans erased his district with a newly drawn congressional map.
Cohen has served as a Rep for Tennessee’s ‘majority-black’ 9th congressional district (Memphis) since 2007.
He previously served in the Tennessee Senate for more than two decades.
However, Cohen’s political career came to an abrupt end after the Tennessee Republicans eliminated his district.
On Tuesday, US District Judge William Campbell, a Trump appointee, denied a request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to block the newly drawn map.
The ACLU and ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit on behalf of black voters and Memphis-based organizations.
The Hill reported:
A federal judge rejected a challenge to temporarily block a new set of GOP-favored congressional lines in Tennessee on Tuesday, delivering a blow to Democrats who are all but expected to appeal the ruling as they look to undo new GOP redistricting.
U.S. Chief District Judge William L. Campbell Jr. denied a request from several Black Memphis voters and organizations — represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Tennessee — to temporarily halt the use of a new GOP-favored House map in the Volunteer State until a three-judge panel could weigh the merits of their case.
The voters argued in their filing that the new congressional map passed by Tennessee Republicans — which dismantles Rep. Steve Cohen’s (D-Tenn.) majority-Black district and creates a 9-0 GOP-favored House map — was racially discriminatory and was instituted in the midst of candidate filing deadlines before an upcoming August primary.
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