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Can Utah ignore federal laws and regulations? Legal precedent says no, but legislators want to try.

The Utah Senate advanced a bill giving them the authority to declare federal actions unconstitutional.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, left and redistricting committee chairman Sen. Scott Sandall, R-Tremonton, right, in the House Building, Room 30, Nov. 8, 2021. Members of the public were against the newly drawn redistricting maps on Monday, the only public hearing for the map proposals.