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Utah House amends and adopts joint resolution urging federal respect for state criminal-justice roles
Summary
The House adopted SJR 13, a joint resolution asserting state roles in criminal justice and amending language to state that the federal government 'must respect' rather than 'allow' states' policymaking authority; the amendment passed easily and the resolution was returned to the Senate.
The Utah House on March 5 passed SJR 13, a joint resolution intended as a message to federal officials about the balance of federal and state authority on criminal justice issues.
Representative Wilcox, sponsor of the resolution, described it as a reminder of the Tenth Amendment and urged colleagues to send a…
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