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Jay Willis
@jaywillis.net

The Utah Supreme Court is forcing Utah Republican lawmakers to comply with an anti-gerrymandering law that voters passed in 2018. In a wild coincidence, Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox is suddenly VERY enthusiastic about adding justices to the Utah Supreme Court

ballsandstrikes.orgUtah Republicans Are Declaring War On the Utah Supreme CourtUtah Republicans are responding to losses at the Utah Supreme Court by punishing the justices who keep standing in their way.
Jay Willis
@jaywillis.net

I am skeptical whenever a politician goes out of their way to disclaim the simplest, most obvious explanation for a sudden policy position, but Cox is barely trying here. "The Supreme Court needs more justices so that, uh, cases move faster"? Come on man. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

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Jay Willis
@jaywillis.net

I’d honestly respect him more if he was just like, “Look, even if I wanted to veto this bill, both chambers are gonna override it immediately, so I’m just getting out ahead of this, okay”

Eleet Strike Farce
@rollawayjim.bsky.social

After 30 years of living here under an R supermajority, with R Gov's, I'm skeptical on the daily. Thanks for elevating this. You wouldn't believe the sh*t we've had to deal with here. More than half the voters (that means LDS voters, too) approved Prop 4, 7 years ago now. #utpol

Jay Willis
@jaywillis.net

What's happening in Utah keeps happening in Republican-controlled states across the country: Republican lawmakers respond to court decisions that interfere even the tiniest bit with their policy agenda by punishing those courts to ensure that they never have to deal with the incovenience again

ballsandstrikes.orgUtah Republicans Are Declaring War On the Utah Supreme CourtUtah Republicans are responding to losses at the Utah Supreme Court by punishing the justices who keep standing in their way.
Adrian
@adrianwashere.bsky.social

This is why Dems should be wiling to immediately unpack SCOTUS in 2029. The GOP already packed SCOTUS, the AZ court, now the UT court, etc. Rs consider changing the size of the courts to be a legitimate move, so we should use it to our benefit instead of just letting them do it to our detriment.