MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Several local and state lawmakers filed suit Friday against Gov. Bill Lee challenging the deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis.

The request was carried out at the request of President Donald Trump as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

The lawsuit, filed in Davidson County Chancery Court, "asserts that Governor Lee’s unilateral deployment violates both the Tennessee Constitution and state law, which clearly limit the Governor’s power to use the National Guard as a domestic police force."

The suit was filed by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Memphis City Councilman J.B. Smiley, County Commissioners Erika Sugarmon and Henri Brooks, State Representatives G.A. Hardaway and Gabby Salinas and State Senator Jeff Yarbro.

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