Is Utah’s new 3-judge panel unconstitutional? Utah Supreme Court hears arguments

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 2,316

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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The Utah Supreme Court heard three back-to-back cases on Monday asking the high court to block a transfer of the cases to the Utah Legislature’s newly created, randomly selected three-judge panel specifically meant to hear challenges to Utah laws.

Attorneys in the three lawsuits — Planned Parenthood’s challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, the League of Women Voters’ of Utah’s anti-gerrymandering case, and young Utahns suing the state over harms caused …

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