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Nominees announced for 4th District Juvenile Court vacancy

SALT LAKE CITY – The 4th District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the 4th District Juvenile Court.  The vacancy results from the retirement of Judge Mary Noonan, July 16, 2018. The 4th Judicial District includes Juab, Millard, Utah, and Wasatch counties.  

The nominees for the vacancy are: D. Scott Davis, assistant attorney general, Attorney General’s Office; Erik Jacobson, public defender, Utah County Public Defender Association; Margaret Lindsay, supervising attorney, Utah County Public Defender Association; R. John Moody, attorney, Office of Guardian ad Litem; Sam Pead, deputy county attorney, Utah County Attorney’s Office.

Written comments can be submitted to the 4th District Judicial Nominating Commission Chair Dale Whitlock at judicialvacancies@utah.gov or Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, P.O. Box 142330, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2330.  The deadline for written comments is noon June 4, 2018. The Nominating Commission may request further information or conduct an investigation of the nominees after reviewing public comments.  After the public comment period, the names will be sent to Gov. Gary R. Herbert, who will have 30 days to make an appointment. Gov. Herbert’s appointee is subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate.

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Chris Farrell: Investigation vs. Spying into Trump a 'Distinction without a Difference'

Judicial Watch Director of Investigations and Research Chris Farrell appeared on One America News Network (OAN) on May 21 to discuss the presence of an FBI/DOJ informant within the Trump Campaign. 

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Tom Fitton: President should Direct DOJ to Comply with FOIA Law Now!

On May 23, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss the release of the Page and Strozk emails.\ 

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Bishop Statement on House Passage of NDAA

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. After voting FOR the measure, Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement:

“House passage of this year’s NDAA further signals Congress’s continued commitment to fulfill its constitutional duty to provide for the common defense. The House passed a bill which recognizes Utah’s crucial role in national security. It’s now up to the Senate to do its work and support our nation’s men and women in uniform.”  

BACKGROUND:

• A Bishop provision in the bill streamlines the process by which the Department of Defense uses public lands in the west on existing military test and training ranges, saving the Pentagon millions of dollars each year in readiness funds by eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy currently required to have military leases renewed. The military will no longer have to undertake expensive 25-year environmental reviews for the Department of Interior to renew the military’s leases on public lands in order for our troops to be able to continue to train to fight and defend our nation.

• Included in the bill is a Bishop provision transferring approximately 80 acres of surplus U.S. Forest Service land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest near Bear Lake to the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) so that SDL may continue to use this site for advanced scientific research, education, and other endeavors helpful to the military mission. 

• Bishop spearheaded an effort to augment funding for nuclear modernization. The bulk of this work will be accomplished at Hill AFB. Orbital ATK is also vying for the solid rocket motor portion of the project. 

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