Tennessee groups file suit challenging congressional, state senate maps

The Center Square ^ | 8/9/23 | Jon Styl

[CFW]

Several Tennessee groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional and state redistricting maps that went into effect in 2022.

The complaint states the maps are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders that violate the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by intentionally diluting the votes of Black voters and voters of other colors by dividing Nashville and Davidson County into three congressional districts.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Alabama’s new Congressional district map diminished the impact of Black voters, which violates the Voting Rights Act, specifically Article 2, which prohibits voting procedures that discriminate based on race.

The Tennessee lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Tennessee, Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, the Equity Alliance, the Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute and individual voters Judy Cummings, Brenda Gilmore, Ophelia Doe, Freda Player and Ruby Powell-Dennis.

[CFW]

The recent decisions by SCOTUS regarding legislative districts has given a green light to groups to challenge every GOP state's district lines.

Is any group challenging the districts of left-wing led states? Or, have Courts already ruled that those state's gerrymandering is (D)ifferent.

[bert]

In Tennessee, Black Ass is demanding to be kissed

[napscoordinator]

Democrats fight. Republicans don’t. That’s the difference. I wish republicans did 10 percent the efforts democrats do. It would do a lot of good for republicans to get off their butts. The party is very lazy.

[rfreedom4u]

Remove all reference to race on all government documents. Especially the census.

[Soul of the South]

” The party is very lazy.”

Democrats play to win power and grant favors to their constituent voter groups.

Republicans play to channel federal dollars to wealthy donor interests and to increase personal net worth through influence peddling. The needs and desires of the voter base is unimportant except during the weeks before an election. They placate their voters with strong letters and staged meaningless press conferences.

Democrats have an ideology to which they are passionately committed and a network of social justice organizations committed to turning out the vote. Republicans are pragmatic deal makers with no ideology. Their ground game for turning out voters is much weaker than the Democrats.

Internet voting will be the next Democrat election reform to benefit historically disenfranchised groups and ensure everyone has a voice. When internet voting is adopted, ballot integrity will go to zero. Game over and complete one party dictatorship. Guess who wins.

[thegagline]

Remove all reference to race on all government documents.

That would coverup all the black on white, Asian, Jewish, and Hispanic crime. The media is already censoring this because of “equity”

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Here's the map:

[escapefromboston]

Are they saying all blacks vote the same way ? Interesting

[Macoozie]

Who is funding the groups?
Who is coordinating the challenge?

Sore-ass
Odumbo/Hold-her

He never left.

[PermaRag]

At the congressional level, partisan Democrat gerrymanders exist in, at a minimum:

Illinois (easily the worst, for now, until New York Democrats get their way again)
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oregon
North Carolina
Nevada
Massachusetts
California (GOP anomalously did OK in 2022 despite that)

None are being challenged, nor will they be.

States where Republicans could have screwed Democrats to the wall but didn’t, include (but may not be limited to):

Missouri
Kentucky
Indiana
Kansas
Texas

States in which allegedly “non-partisan” redistricting commissions actually helped Democrats include:

Virginia
Colorado

Finally, states which are being challenged or otherwise revised by Democrats (probably ALL of which will be successful) include:

Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Ohio
New York

And eventually (wait for it) Florida and probably some others.

As with any close election, where votes are counted until the Democrat wins, the redistricting process never ends until Democrats get their way. While (also like in any close election) Republicans just bend over and take it.

Even WITHOUT map changes for 2024 the probability of the GOP maintaining control of the House was perhaps 50-50 at best; WITH these upcoming changes the probability is accelerating towards zero, and Squish McCarthy might as well be prepared to hand over the Speaker’s gavel to that racist election-denier from Brooklyn.

[napscoordinator]

You’re spot on. I believe internet voting is closer than not. Again, republicans will allow it. Democrats are like grandparents who appease. Republicans are like parents who say no all the time. Grandparents in general are more popular.

[Ex-Con777]

>Are they saying all blacks vote the same way ? Interesting<

No. They are saying YOU cannot use race in determining voting districts. Only THEY can use race that way.

Smoke their idea by making the districts out of a symmetrical grid.

EC

[lurk]

The Supremes opened the door to racial districting. So here we go.

[bert]

Amen..... brother, Amen