Tennessee Lawmaker Backs Down From Measure Banning Local Challenges Of State Law Constitutionality

Nashville Tennessean, The Tennessean
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 12:27pm

The initiative died after drawing bipartisan concerns that the proposal itself could be unconstitutional.

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