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Sen. Grover & Rep. Abbott,
I'm contacting you both again to ask that you please vote 'no' on all bills that would decrease the independence of the judicial branch, such as the bills explicitly called out by the Utah State Bar (HB 262, 274, 366, 392; HJR 5, 13). I'm sad to see that HB 392 has already passed the house and that the court-packing bill SB 134 has already been signed into law. There's still time to limit the damage, though.
When the legislative branch disagrees with the judicial branch's interpretation of a law, the honest way to handle that is to amend that law to more clearly reflect the legislative branch's intent. In the case of Prop 4, that would mean trying to pass another citizen initiative to repeal Prop 4 (like the effort currently underway--although I'm not sure I'd classify the tactics of the paid signature gatherers as "honest") or trying to pass a constitutional amendment clarifying that the legislative branch has complete authority over drawing maps and is not to be restricted by e.g. an independent commission or any anti-gerrymandering constraints. If the will of the people aligns with the legislative branch's intent, this should be no problem.
The alternative, dishonest approach is to instead make structural changes to the judicial branch until it produces the outcome you want, also known as "rigging the system." This undermines the whole purpose of separating the government into three independent branches with checks and balances. This makes it too easy for a small group of people to override the will of the people. The fact that the legislature has to resort to these tactics--and that the effort to repeal Prop 4 is far behind on the signatures it needs--is a clear signal that the will of the people is not in fact on the legislature's side when it comes to voting maps. We demand fair maps.
