- Republicans have advanced a bill to pack Utah’s Supreme Court in response to its rulings against their congressional gerrymander. It fits into a wider pattern of Republican court-packing: Arizona’s and Georgia’s GOP did it in 2016, and North Carolina’s GOP tried it in 2018 but was blocked by voters
- The Utah Senate has passed a bill that would expand the state supreme court by 2 seats (to be filled by the GOP governor). This comes as local conservatives are angry about judicial decisions in Utah, inc. one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander.
