This joint resolution of the Utah Legislature proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to modify the judicial nominating process.
This resolution:
- authorize the Governor to request a list of nominees from a judicial nominating commission when the Governor is filling a judicial vacancy;
- authorize the Governor to appoint any qualified candidate even if the candidate is not nominated by the nominating commission;
- remove the time constraint on the Governor to make an appointment; and
- remove the authority of the chief justice of the Supreme Court to fill a judicial vacancy if the Governor fails to fill the vacancy.