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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

4 Dec 2025

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...

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

4/12/25, 4:56 pm12 reposts36 likes

Adrian

@adrianwashere.bsky.social

4 Dec 2025

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.