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This is all about power and control. The Republicans were angry that the current justices (all Republicans) ruled in accordance with the non-partisan redistricting rules the people voted into law, which will create a likely Democratic House seat in Salt Lake County. Their solution? Expand the Supreme Court and stack it with two new justices who will give them what they want. Sound familiar? Democrats have talked about doing this with SCOTUS. Eventually, they will get a trifecta again in the federal government and what justification will the Republican Party use to push back against the effort if they put it forward?
Two new justices will join the Utah Supreme Court after the Legislature, bitter from repeated legal defeats, passed a bill to expand the state’s high court from five to seven members.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who will nominate the two new justices, quickly signed the bill into law, his office announced Saturday. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
“I would err on the side that seven sets of eyes reviewing the most complex and difficult issues our state has ever faced is better than having only five sets of eyes,” said House Majority Leader Casey Snider, R-Paradise, a sponsor of the expansion.
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Two new justices will join the Utah Supreme Court after the Legislature, bitter from repeated legal defeats, passed a bill to expand the state’s high court from five to seven members.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who will nominate the two new justices, quickly signed the bill into law, his office announced Saturday. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
“I would err on the side that seven sets of eyes reviewing the most complex and difficult issues our state has ever faced is better than having only five sets of eyes,” said House Majority Leader Casey Snider, R-Paradise, a sponsor of the expansion.
Gov. Cox quickly signs bill to add 2 more justices to Utah Supreme Court
Gov. Cox quickly signed a bill adding two justices to the Utah Supreme Court. The GOP-led Legislature has derided the current justices as "activists."
