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The Utah Legislature's bad-faith talking points on gerrymandering expose how lawmakers are really after power.
As Utah's redistricting fight continues through the courts, majority-party legislators keep parroting the same talking points.
As Utah's redistricting fight continues through the courts, majority-party legislators keep parroting the same talking points. They repeatedly make the same four arguments, claims that the courts have addressed and that don't hold up to sound reasoning. They say that the Utah Constitution gives them exclusive power to draw political boundaries.
They say Proposition 4 "barely passed" in 2018, undermining its legitimacy. They argue the Utah Supreme Court created "super laws" when it clarified that voter initiatives can implicate constitutional rights.
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