State Bar responds after GOP leaders call for voting against retaining Utah Supreme Court justices in November
The Utah State Bar is urging voters to use non-partisan evaluations when deciding whether to retain two Utah Supreme Court justices, Diana Hagen and Jill Pohlman, in the November election. Utah Republican Party leaders have called for voting against retaining the justices, citing disagreements with their rulings.
The Utah State Bar is asking voters to rely on non-partisan retention evaluations from the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission when deciding whether to retain two Utah Supreme Court justices, Diana Hagen and Jill Pohlman, in the November election. Utah Republican Party Chair Robert Axson urged delegates at the GOP convention to vote against retaining the justices, criticizing their rulings. The justices were nominated by Governor Spencer Cox and confirmed by the Republican-majority Utah Senate. Judges in Utah are selected through a merit-based process and are not partisan. The Utah State Bar argues that disagreement with a specific ruling should not be the basis for removal, and that a fair court system depends on judges who apply the law consistently without being swayed by public or political pressure.
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