""In 2018, Utahns exercised their fundamental constitutional right to alter or reform their government via an initiative that, among other things, banned partisan gerrymandering,""
""unconstitutionally impair[ed] Proposition 4's reforms.""
Utah Republicans appear to be preparing articles of impeachment against Judge Dianna Gibson after she ruled that congressional maps redrawn by the legislature were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders and violated a 2018 voter-approved initiative establishing an independent redistricting commission. The Republican-controlled legislature curtailed the commission's powers and drew its own maps in 2020, effectively disregarding Proposition 4. Gibson instructed parties to submit new maps. Neutral simulations by election experts showed fair maps would likely yield three Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning district, while the legislature submitted a map favoring all four districts for Republicans.
Read at Truthout
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]