Faced with more lawsuits, Utah lawmakers move to change their new ‘constitutional court’

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 1,038

Last Updated: 5 days, 5 hours ago

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Already faced with a wave of legal complaints alleging their new district court panel — created to hear constitutional challenges to state laws — is itself unconstitutional, Utah lawmakers are moving to sidestep those suits by changing the law they had just passed.

By approving HB392 last month, the Utah Legislature created a randomly selected three-judge district court panel to hear lawsuits challenging laws as unconstitutional — including Utah’s ongoing anti-gerrymandering lawsuit.

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