In its third legal challenge to Tennessee’s new congressional map, the NAACP filed a new motion on Tuesday, asking a federal court to grant a preliminary injunction to block the map from being used in the 2026 elections.
The NAACP’s state suit was dismissed with prejudice by a three-judge panel at the end of May after it concluded the NAACP did not establish “a distinct and palpable injury” and three of the plaintiffs were found not to meet the criteria for standing to bring their claims.
Having been consolidated with another case by the ACLU and other activist organizations, the NAACP’s federal case remains active, though a different federal suit by the Tennessee Democrat Party and several candidates including Congressman Steve Cohen and State Rep. Justin Pearson was just voluntarily dismissed on Tuesday at the request of the plaintiffs.
