About 40 people gathered outside the outside the John Sevier State Office Building in Nashville on Sept. 27 to oppose the the National guard presence in Memphis. A Nashville judge on Monday will consider a request to temporarily halt the Guard's presence. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A court hearing in Nashville Monday could decide whether members of the Tennessee National Guard can continue patrolling the streets of Memphis as part of the Trump administration’s anti-crime task force.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and other public officials filed suit in October alleging Gov. Bill Lee’s deployment of National Guard members to Memphis violates state law and the Tennessee Constitution.

The officials are asking Davidson County Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal to issue a tempor

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