We’re all but numb by now to shenanigans and political hardball of every kind in redistricting battles, with the rough-knuckle gerrymandering ethos of Illinois politics having escaped the lab and gone national. We’ve also seen our share of clashes between the political branches and the judiciary. But if there’s one place in America we still associate with earnest good government, it’s Utah. Still, even the Beehive State isn’t immune to the dynamics of one-party dominated states, in which the ruling party gets arrogant and bends the rules to its will while the minority party goes mad. Now, the statehouse in Salt Lake City is buzzing over an unusually salacious accusation that got dropped into the middle of a multi-front war over Utah’s Supreme Court.
An Un-Republican Court
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