Celeste Maloy and these other Republicans have to cheat to win instead of convincing voters and winning on the merits, character, and issues. She won't have a seat unless its gerrymandered. The real issue is that Prop 4, which passed by statewide election to bring about the end of this gerrymandering, is by the Voice of the People which she and the Rs do not respect. This is a power grab and it's simply evil. Having the people choose their own Reps on a fair playing field simply gives power back to We the People. They love to make a strawman argument and attack it relentlessly because talking about the real issue reveals their villainy.
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Very interesting. I reseached this for over half an hour.
Utah legislation has that right, not a judge. (U.S. Cons 1.4)
Should a Federal Court be handling it rather than, say, Supreme Court of Utah? Nowhere in section 4 is that mentioned. Actually
The Supreme Court of Utah did rule that the legislature illegally disregarded a Referendum. Right to referendum is guaranteed by the Utah Constitution since 1900.
The funniest detail fs that the referendum only required the Utah legislature to vote on the map proposed by the independent commission. These grabby boomers could have just voted no, but instead they had a tantrum and are trying to repeal the very right to have a referendum.
A useful summary: https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/inside-utah-politics/proposition-4-map-c-special-sessions-redistricting-timeline/
TLDR its already been decided by Supreme Court of Utah and the `Republicans´ are trying to cheat