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Gov. Cox says his Utah Supreme Court picks were the most qualified. Critics disagree
After Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday announced his picks to fill two new seats on the expanded Utah Supreme Court — Stephen Dent, a federal prosecutor, and Jay Jorgensen, an attorney for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — the advocacy nonprofit Co-Equal Utah expressed concerns about the two nominees’ experience. “We are deeply concerned about these nominees not because of their politics, but because neither man has served as a justice court judge, a district court judge, or an appellate judge at any level, in any jurisdiction,” the nonprofit said in a prepared ...
