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John Cole’s Tennessee: The nail in the 9th Congressional District coffin

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John Cole’s Tennessee: The nail in the 9th Congressional District coffin

Jul 29, 2026 | 2:21 pm ET
By John Cole
John Cole’s Tennessee: The nail in the 9th Congressional District coffin
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John Cole's Tennessee: The nail in the 9th Congressional District coffin. A federal court's denial of an ACLU lawsuit challenging the redistricting of a Memphis-based majority minority congressional district following the Louisiana v. Callais decision spells the end of Black representation enacted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.