Are “rogue” judges and justices placing their own personal feelings above settled law? That claim has been a staple of Republican and conservative accusations decrying an unfair playing field at the judicial level for well over a decade. But now the hotly contested issue is poised to take a jarring new turn in the Beehive State. A Utah Supreme Court justice is accused of having a sexually charged relationship with an attorney who argued a critical congressional redistricting case before the court.
“Utah’s governor, Senate president and House speaker are launching an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen,” KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reported April 16. The complaint “came from a Provo-based attorney who said Hagen’s ex-husband told him the justice had exchanged ‘inappropriate’ text messages with David Reymann, one of the attorneys involved in a case about redistricting, which led to Utah getting a new congressional map.”
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