Utah State Senate's Judicial Confirmation Committee votes unanimously for historic Utah Supreme Court nominee
If the full Senate votes to confirm her to the Utah Supreme Court, it will be significant. For the first time in state history, the Court would be majority women. Committee chair Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, suggested in the hearing there was no reason Governor Spencer Cox's nominee wouldn't be confirmed.
Judge Pohlman's confirmation comes at a time when the Utah Supreme Court will decide some very important issues facing the state. Lawsuits challenging Utah's ban on elective abortions, a ban on transgender girls playing school sports matching their gender identity, and redistricting will all ultimately wind up before the Court.
"The Supreme Court should consider the public importance of a particular issue, if it’s an issue that needs to be decided, that needs to be resolved, that’s causing conflict below," she said."Then it’s something the Supreme Court should take on in the appropriate case." "We are applying the law. I think the Court should be aware of the effect of its decision, and I think try to explain its decision well. Try to make sure they can show the public that it’s applying the law and not just making decisions based on... the justice’s personal views or whims. I think that creates legitimacy. But simply just listening to the public clamor, those kinds of things we just can’t consider and I wouldn’t," she said.
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