Utah picks a church attorney and a federal prosecutor to reshape its Supreme Court
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Gov. Spencer Cox named Jay Jorgensen (LDS Church attorney) and Stephen Dent (Assistant U.S. Attorney) to fill two newly created Utah Supreme Court seats, with Senate confirmation hearings slated amid a sweeping, controversial overhaul of the high court that critics call court-packing; both nominees describe themselves as originalists/textualists and will replace retirees as lawmakers reshape Utah’s judiciary.
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