U.S. Supreme Court

The major legal challenge and constitutional questions head to the Supreme Court today. KUER will carry live coverage of the arguments on air and online starting at 8:00 a.m. MT.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against Colorado, Utah’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people could be safe from future legal action, say experts.

This ruling comes days after the Utah Supreme Court dismissed a separate request to let the state keep using its 2021 congressional map.

In rejecting the state's argument, Salt Lake County District Judge Dianna Gibson pointed to partisan redistricting in Texas and California for 2026 as evidence that redistricting can indeed be done in Utah in coming weeks.

Sixty-seven-year-old Ralph Menzies, despite suffering from dementia, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986.

One Utah attorney worries the Supreme Court’s recent rulings may encourage Utah lawmakers to pass even more conservative legislation.

In an 8-0 decision with Justice Neil Gorsuch recused, the court endorsed a limited interpretation of environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Since Utah passed its age verification law, around 20 other states have followed suit. A free speech challenge to Texas’s law will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Last July, the Utah Supreme Court upheld Lovell’s murder conviction for killing Joyce Yost in 1985 but threw out the sentence.

Some believe lawmakers don’t see the need to codify it after the U.S. Supreme Court decided the federal ICWA was constitutional.

States that use the Colorado River say they don't want to go to the Supreme Court, but some are quietly preparing for litigation.

“Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah,” state leadership said in a statement.