田纳西州最高法院裁决：Nashville 都会议会须由40席减至20席
田纳西州最高法院11月2日作出一致裁决，要求戴维森县 Nashville 市将都会议会规模由40席削减至20席，以符合州议会2023年通过的法律。这场持续三年半的市州之争可能就此定论，但 Nashville 市长 Freddie O'Connell 的办公室表示，抗争仍可能继续；O'Connell 称议会规模由本地社区设定，州议会无权以立法改变市宪章。
2023年州法是共和党州议员在市政府拒绝申办共和党全国代表大会后针对 Nashville 通过的一批法案之一，提案议员、州众议员 William Lamberth 对裁决表示欢迎，称这是小政府与常识的胜利。Nashville 市曾在2023年和2024年先后获得禁令暂时挡下该法，但在2025年首次败诉，州上诉法院三人合议庭认定该法合宪。
Nashville 现有的40人议会是全州唯一超过20人的市或都会议会，也是全美第三大地方议会，仅次于纽约和芝加哥。裁决后续执行路径尚不完全明朗，但可以确定的是，Nashville 必须重新划分选区以符合20席上限；下一次议会选举定于8月5日举行。
（来源：《田纳西人报》）
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Nashville Must Cut Its Metro Council From 40 to 20 Seats
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled unanimously on November 2 that Nashville, in Davidson County, must reduce its Metro Council from 40 to 20 members to comply with a 2023 state law. The ruling may be the final word in a three-and-a-half-year city-state legal battle, though Mayor Freddie O'Connell's office signaled the fight could continue; O'Connell said the council's size was set by the local community and should be changed only by voters, not the state legislature.
The 2023 law was one of several passed by Republican state lawmakers targeting Nashville after city leaders declined to apply to host the Republican National Convention. Its sponsor, state Rep. William Lamberth, welcomed the ruling as a win for small government and common sense. Nashville had won injunctions blocking the law in 2023 and 2024 but lost for the first time in 2025, when a three-judge state appeals panel found the law constitutional.
Nashville's 40-member council is the only city or metropolitan council in Tennessee with more than 20 members and the third-largest local council in the nation, behind New York and Chicago. What happens next is murky, but Nashville must redraw its district map to meet the 20-seat cap; the next council election is set for August 5.
(Source: The Tennessean)
来源：《田纳西人报》
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