Fifteenth Amendment
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RE: Illegal Gerrymandering, Part 2
As discussed in the posting here on August 28, 2026, the Tennessee state legislature enacted a new statute on May 7, 2026, to reapportion Tennessee’s nine Congressional Districts. The only occasions for this reapportionment was the United States Supreme Court’s decision of April 29, 2026, re-interpreting the federal Voting Rights Act,[1] and President Trump’s nearly… Continue reading
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TENNESSEE’S ILLEGAL REAPPORTIONMENT
Operating on the theory that the recent Supreme Court case of Louisiana v Callais (decided April 29, 2026) gives a free pass to state legislatures to engage in partisan “gerrymandering” of Congressional districts regardless of any other laws that govern Congressional district-making, the Tennessee legislature enacted a Congressional map splitting the black majority voting population… Continue reading
