Memphis Safe Task Force agents are continuing to harass and intimidate people who record their activities, according to a new federal court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU and legal team for Memphis resident Hunter Demster filed a declaration on his behalf Wednesday, claiming the task force is retaliating against him for […]

A panel of federal judges on Thursday denied an injunction aiming to stop Tennessee’s redrawn congressional map — which splits majority-Black, majority-Democratic Memphis into three U.S. House districts — from going into effect before the August primary election. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of voters, clergy and nonprofits in Memphis […]

The ACLU and National Immigration Law Center have renewed their challenge to a Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime after a federal judge dismissed a nearly identical lawsuit last month. In their second lawsuit, filed July 17, the civil right groups are seeking an immediate and permanent halt to legislation that creates a […]

The ACLU and National Immigration Law Center are asking a federal judge to reopen a case that challenges the constitutionality of new Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson dismissed the class action lawsuit last month without ruling on its merits in a decision unprompted by any motion to […]