Metro argues against state law cutting council in half

Parties involved in a Metro lawsuit seeking to block a 2023 state law that would cap Metro Council seats at 20 were back in court on Monday.

Metro Legal Department argued in front of a three-judge panel that the law cannot be implemented after the judges' April 2023 injunction that ruled the act could compromise the August general election. Associate Metro Legal Director Allison Bussell argued that because the injunction ruling dealt with section 1(b), which implemented the section 1(a) mandate to reduce council size, the mandate itself can no longer take effect.