Supreme Court scandal report rocks Utah politics, state convention races to watch

About this episode

The episode discusses a report on allegations against Supreme Court Justice Dianna Hagen and the political implications surrounding it.

A newly released report on allegations against Supreme Court Justice Dianna Hagen is making a big stir. State leaders are calling for an entirely new investigation, saying the Judicial Conduct Commission did not go far enough when it looked into claims she had an extramarital affair with the lead plaintiff's attorney on the state redistricting case. JCC found those allegations to be speculative, Panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah Murray join Lindsay to unpack the political reaction, and analyze the ethical issues at play.

People in this episode

Host: Lindsay Aerts

Guests: Taylor Morgan, Leah Murray

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• political reaction
• ethical issues
• investigation
• Utah politics
• state convention

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• Dianna Hagen
• Judicial Conduct Commission
• investigation
• Utah politics
• state convention
• ethical issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Judicial Conduct Commission

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