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The Supreme Court, Political Division And Electoral Reforms On Thursday's Access Utah

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One prominent theme of the recent election was a refrain that our political system is broken. The preferred fix of many Trump voters came in the person of now-President Trump. Others (including some UPR listeners) are prescribing such reforms as abolishing the Electoral College, instituting term limits, and changing the redistricting process.

On Thursday’s Access Utah, by listener request, we’ll talk about proposed political reforms. We’ll also talk about President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court and the potential looming confirmation fight ahead.

 

Our guests will include Paul G. Cassell, Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Utah; Michael Lyons, Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University.

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.