(The Center Square) – A Tennessee state senator is challenging the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, citing a 2021 opinion from the state attorney general's office he said was withdrawn by the office.

Deploying the National Guard for police missions is likely unconstitutional according to the opinion provided by Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville. The opinion was requested in 2021 by Sen. Rusty Crowe, R-Johnston City, and is no longer on the attorney general's website, Yarbro said.

Yarbro also said a 2024 opinion by Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was recently revised to reverse the state's position. He sent a letter to Skrmetti asking for clarification, requesting that the 2021 and 2024 opinions be restored.

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