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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.

(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.