{"id":27116,"date":"2025-12-17T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27116"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:00:11","slug":"utah-lawmakers-consider-expanding-supreme-court-from-5-to-7-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27116","title":{"rendered":"Utah Lawmakers Consider Expanding Supreme Court From 5 To 7 Justices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Utah Legislature appears poised to expand the Utah Supreme Court from five justices to seven during the 2026 legislative session. State Sen. Todd Weiler said on his local podcast this week that the expansion could happen in the first week of the session.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike most states of our size, we\u2019re going to go up to seven, and that will probably happen in the first week of the session,\u201d Weiler said, ABC 4\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weiler made the remarks while hosting the right-leaning podcast Political as Heck with attorney Corey Astill.\u00a0The discussion centered on a recent special session and the impact of Judge Dianna Gibson\u2019s November ruling on Utah\u2019s redistricting maps.<\/p>\n

Gibson ruled that the Legislature failed to follow Utah\u2019s anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative, Proposition 4, when it redrew congressional districts after court intervention.<\/p>\n

Weiler said the ruling took what he described as a small amount of power away from lawmakers.<\/p>\n

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Gibson has directed the lieutenant governor to resolve boundary issues involving district lines that cut through homes and apartment buildings.<\/p>\n

Weiler argued that if lawmakers had drawn the maps themselves, the legislature would have retained authority over those decisions.<\/p>\n