Posted on 05/07/2026 1:23:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering
Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district a week after the US supreme court effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act.
The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each of which contains almost exactly a third of the city’s Black voters. The new maps mean that all nine of Tennessee’s congressional districts are Republican-leaning.
The district had closely occupied the south-west corner of the state. Now three districts snake out from Memphis’ dense center, with two crossing the Tennessee River to reach Nashville’s suburbs 200 miles away.
“If Republican policies are so great, why are we changing the lines to rig elections?” asked Vincent Dixie, a state representative from Nashville, during debate on Thursday, pleading for Republicans to refrain. “Where is your humanity in this?”
As Democratic lawmakers spoke, the house speaker directed state troopers to remove a section of the audience in the gallery, which had begun shouting.
Justin Jones, a state Democratic representative, described Cameron Sexton, the Tennessee house speaker, as the “grand wizard in chief”, and handed a Republican lawmaker a Confederate flag. Jones offered amendments to the bill, which the speaker ruled had been submitted in an untimely manner. Jones described that as a “Jim Crow process”.
The redistricting comes eight days after the supreme court’s landmark Callais v Landry decision, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional districts that left Black voters at a political disadvantage.
Despite demands from Donald Trump for conservative states to conduct mid-decade redistricting, Tennessee had refrained from taking action before the court’s ruling. But Sexton said the redraw will “ensure the...”
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Democrats don’t like diversity when it comes to congressional districts.
“Weakened voters rights”
Left wing talking point.
No doubt George was crying when he wrote this.
The horror, the horror.
Whatever they do will be challenged in court.
We are at the point where judges rule America.
Outstanding!
South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia next.
Tennessee = 1 seat
Alabama = 2 seats
Mississippi = 1 seat
Louisiana = 2 seats
South Carolina = 1 seat
Georgia = 4 seats.
The odious Steve Cohen - GONE!
Those brits huh? If ya don’t know, ya don’t know. They should check out their own constitution and bill of rights....Ooooops! Sometimes, freedom ain’t free.
asked Vincent Dixie, a state representative from Nashville, during debate on Thursday, pleading for Republicans to refrain. “Where is your humanity in this?”
What we are doing is Vince is unrigging elections for you and other politicians like you.
Districts like yours have been drawn for over 50 years to guarantee you and yours a seat in congress.
So, humanity in Tennessee is getting a chance to have a choice in your district other than you.
This will get solved after the 2030 census when we’ll be in the lead with most state legislatures. A GOP redraw will be more fair than a leftist one. A 40% republican state should have 40% republicans but the democrats don’t think that way. They’re learning now that 2 can play this game. Election day 2030(the states) will set us up. That’s 4+ years away. Let’s hope MAGA is still leading when Trump’s not around.
Trump’s still working on Obama’s damage. We still have the Great Society to dismantle an then go on to the New Deal. Don’t forget the Income tax amendment and the one that gives the senate vote to the public-The 1910’s.
On second thought perhaps we should go pedal to the metal with the districts. Too much work ahead but we can’t invite too much pushback. That’s the trap the rino chumps fall into.
If these judges unleash criminals to prey on society then they should not be surprised when society treats them as criminals.
I second your thought.
However, there must first be an election that he loses.
I wonder if he might not still pull it off.
I think Caucasians in Tennessee had better carry if they are able for the foreseeable future.
This will ultimately be good for race relations but things are going to get worse before they get better.
There are going to be hard feelings about this for some time to come.
only scotus already ruled so things should go quickly
I hope the leftard Guardian enjoys crying in their beer over it.
Sweet, sweet liberal tears.
Massachusetts,which voted about 40% for Trump,has nine Congressional districts...all of which are now occupied by filthy Rat Party hacks...as are both of our Senate seats. This has been the case for 20+ years. And now Tennessee,which voted about 60% for Trump,will now have Republicans in all nine of its Congressional districts. I don’t see the difference.
He has been elected repeatedly over this Republican candidate:
So obviously the point of these racial gerrymanders is not to elect minorities, but to elect DEMOCRATS. Has nothing to do with having minorities in Congress. This is certainly not the only one of these so-called "minority" districts where this is the case. Giving Democrats artificial power is the point of it.
The Dems do it too.
When we moved to TN in 1990 the entire state was Dem.
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