A nonprofit legal organization that has worked on dozens of high-profile lawsuits challenging the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration is representing Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and other local officials in their recently filed lawsuit against Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of the National Guard in Memphis.

The lawsuit, filed in Davidson County Chancery Court on Oct. 17, states that Lee “trampled on Tennessee law by unilaterally deploying Tennessee National Guard members in Memphis as a domestic police force,” something the state’s constitution prohibits without approval from the General Assembly. It seeks a temporary injunction to block Tennessee National Guard members from acting in Memphis until the legal challenge is settled.

Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democrac

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