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The Utah Legislature's bad-faith talking points on gerrymandering expose how lawmakers are really after power.
['Zach Jacob', 'Christopher Smart', 'Michael S. Robinson Sr.', 'Benjamin Wood', 'Jim Catano']
Salt Lake City Weekly
They argue the Utah Supreme Court created "super laws" when it clarified that voter initiatives can implicate constitutional rights.
But none hold up against the text of Utah's Constitution and the basic principles of representative government.
Article IX, Section 1 of Utah's Constitution says the Legislature shall divide the state into districts after each census.
Initiatives are not "super laws"—they are ordinary laws that receive strict scrutiny when they carry out constitutional rights.
Now the majority insists the Legislature's power should be absolute and the people's rights should give way.
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