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Tom Merrill

Oct 20 • 3 tweets • 2 min read

@SenMikeLee

BIG DEAL: Actual legal expert, recent DC Circuit Court judge, and former BYU gen. counsel, Thomas Griffith joined with others in an amici curiae brief AGAINST the spurious independent state legislature (ISL) theory used by @SenMikeLee to justify his efforts to...(1/3) #utpol

overturn the 2020 Presidential election. ISL theory claims that state legislatures can disregard their own state constitution & state supreme courts to do pretty much whatever they want re: elections - which is so clearly absurd. It's an affront to our form of government ...(2/3)

and our tradition of peaceful transitions of power. Lee is wrong for Utah in so many ways but the facade of constitutional expertise and loyalty is now gone and Utah voters should show him the door. (3/3)

The amici curiae brief: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/2…

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Nov 13, 2020

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A few comments as a follow-up to our interviews on @fox13 tonight.

First, it's well known that policy makers and technology aren’t in the same room enough. Look no further than recent congressional hearings for some amusing examples. futurism.com/hearings-congr… #utpol

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So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that we made some mistakes in our attempt to leverage technology to augment contact tracing here in Utah. But include that fact that the state was acting quickly during a once-in-a-century PANDEMIC and yeah, it’s totally understandable. 2/

But what’s most important is that we learn from our mistakes. But to learn from mistakes, you first have to be clear about what those mistakes were. 3/

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