# Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

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## Timeline

- **2026-11**: November midterm elections — Midterm elections in which Democrats seek to take control of one or both chambers of Congress and check the president's power.
- **2026-09-28**: Judge Amir Ali blocks funding conditions — U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a 24-page opinion ruling that DHS and FEMA lacked congressional authority to attach election conditions to counterterrorism grants and that the conditions failed to relate to the grant purpose.
- **2026**: FEMA announces election-related grant conditions — Over the summer, FEMA's antiterrorism grant announcement added election administration requirements and said 20% of grants for states and urban areas would be withheld until compliance.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Federal judge blocks $1B+ FEMA election funding conditions
2026-10-01 19:52:18 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

A D.C. federal court held that DHS and FEMA lacked statutory authority to attach election-administration conditions to counterterrorism grants, striking down a 20% withholding mechanism. The ruling reinforces the nexus requirement for conditional federal spending and federalism limits on executive election policy. State and local plaintiffs across five jurisdictions secured the preliminary block, joined by 25 attorneys general.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/federal-judge-blocks-1b-fema-election-funding-conditions

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