[1] In 2021 the Utah State Legislature ignored the recommendations of the independent commission and instead passed their own Congressional map which was widely viewed as gerrymandered.
[3] Exactly one year later on July 11, 2024, the court unanimously (5–0) ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters.
The decision was met with immediate criticism by Republican legislative leaders in the state, who called it "one of the worst outcomes we have ever seen from the Utah Supreme Court."
[5] The legislature quickly passed Amendment D and placed it on the ballot for the 2024 elections with opposition from all Democratic and some Republican legislators.
The legislature had previously changed the law to allow legislative leaders to write the ballot summary instead of nonpartisan staff.