A Tennessee appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to cut Nashville’s Democratic-leaning consolidated city-county governing council in half, from 40 members to 20.

Although the 2023 law was written to apply broadly statewide to both city and consolidated city-county governments, Nashville is the only Tennessee city meeting that definition with a council of more than 20 members.

The law was one of several targeting Nashville after the council’s rejection of efforts to host the 2024 Republican National Convention in Music City.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals 2-1 ruling on Tuesday overturns an earlier split decision by a panel of judges at the trial court level that ruled in favor of the city. The law has been

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