Can the Board of Education be partisan? Utah Supreme Court justices call state’s argument ‘thin' and ‘almost nonsensical’, but acknowledge ambiguity in the law

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Supreme Court justices Thomas R. Lee, Constandinos Himonas, John A. Pearce and Paige Petersen, from left, listen to Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant give the state of the judiciary speech to the legislature in the House chamber on the first day of the 2018 legislative session at the Utah Capitol on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.