Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Judge Weighs Arguments on Ethics Initiative

It'll be fascinating to find out  whether 3rd District Court Judge Shaughnessy will be willing to tell 130,000 Utah Citizens Ethics Petition signators to "go to hell," wethinks

As a followup to our 4/15/12 article, wherein we reported that Utahns for Ethical Government's (UEG's) court case had been assigned to 3rd District Court Judge Shaughnessy for oral argument on 4/27/12, we learn from the Salt Lake Tribune this morning that this case was indeed argued yesterday as scheduled.  Read the full SL-Trib story here:

• Utah judge weighs arguments on ethics initiative

Naturally we'll be keeping a close eye on this, and will be johnny-on-the-spot to report on Judge Shaughnessy's ultimate ruling in this matter, once this decision is issued.

According to this morning's story, UEG attorneys seem to be hanging their hats on the constitutionally-based principal that "[i]f there is a question, it should be read liberally in a way that furthers the citizens’ right — their constitutional right — to petition their government for redress."

It'll be fascinating to find out  whether 3rd District Court Judge Shaughnessy will be willing to tell 130,000 Utah Citizens Ethics Petition signators to "stickit in their bottoms" wethinks.

Who'll be the first to throw in their own 2¢?