Utah built one of the most respected state court systems in the country. That reputation was grounded in a merit based judiciary designed to ensure judges were selected for competence and integrity rather than partisan political loyalty. This was not merely an envied tradition, it was embedded in our constitution. Today, that foundation is beginning to crack.
Justice Diana Hagen’s recent resignation cannot be viewed in isolation from the broader political context. The Supreme Court has increasingly become one of the few institutional checks on legislative power. As courts checked efforts to weaken Proposition 4, hostility toward the judiciary has
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