Legislature handed setbacks in redistricting lawsuits, constitutional court eyed for changes

A federal court has declined a request for an injunction to block a judge-imposed congressional map, just as the Utah Supreme Court has dismissed the legislature's appeal of that same map at the state level. That means, barring action from a higher court, Utah's newest congressional map all but confirmed to stay in place for the 2026 midterm election. The map includes the state's first democrat-leaning district in decades. Panelists Leah Murray and Taylor Morgan join Lindsay to weigh in on what's next for state politics under the new map, even if it is only in place for one election cycle. Plus, lawmakers tease that changes could be coming to the constitutional court proposal that passed just this month. It comes on the heels of a new lawsuit saying the idea of a three judge panel hearing constitutionally impactful cases at the district level is itself unconstitutional.