
A year to the day since the Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case testing the extent of the Legislature’s ability to gerrymander political boundaries and rewrite voter-approved initiatives, the justices have made their decision and will issue their opinion in the case Thursday. At the heart of the issue is the lawsuit filed by a the League of Women Voters, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and a group of Salt Lake County voters who contend the Legislature gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts, carving the most populous and...