Here is a section of a story I wrote about Amos Guiora and his book “Freedom From Religion: Rights and National Security,” in which he advocates limiting religious speech that government views as inciting listeners to violent behavior. “If Amos Guiora had his way, undercover moles would be planted in Islamic mosques and in polygamous [...]
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff opened up about his ongoing struggles with his adopted 18-year-old daughter during a mental health conference this week. You can read the story here. Here is an excerpt from the story by my colleague Brandon Loomis: “After the event, Shurtleff explained that his daughter’s most recent problems began in late [...]
Nancy Mereska, president of a group called “Stop Polygamy in Canada,” is blaming Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff for failing to act on polygamy in light of the Utah Supreme Court ruling. She has apparently sent him a lengthy email, also published here, criticizing his actions.
Here is a transcript from Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s press conference today about the Utah Supreme Court’s decision overturning FLDS prophet Warren S. Jeffs’ conviction on accomplice to rape. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff: We are very disappointed with the Supreme Court’s ruling with the Warren Jeffs case. We disagree with it, but…what our [...]
I came across this today and thought I would share it, assuming many of you missed this speech by Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s speech. He gave it on Feb. 6, 2009, at the Non-State Governance Symposium at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. It was published in the law school’s review journal. Here [...]
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said in my interview — and to other media, apparently — that he had asked the FLDS to provide a list of their allegations against UEP Trust fiduciary Bruce Wisan. Shurtleff said he never got a response. That ticked off Rod Parker, FLDS attorney, who says Shurtleff was given a [...]
I am behind, I know it. There is so much going on, and did I tell you? I don’t just write about polygamy any more. I am assigned now also to the subjects of child welfare, adoption and domestic violence. So, before we move on, here is the end of the Shurtleff interview, which picks [...]
On getting 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg to accept a settlement . . . and Arizona If the fiduciary agrees to it I think that Lindberg will. We all believe that to be true. Arizona may disagree. They are doing their own thing now. I don’t think they would even agree to it. Arizona, I’ll [...]
Here is part one of the raw cut, so to speak, of my interview with Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, which was far longer than fit in a 25-inch news story. On his original goal in taking over the trust: We’re nowhere closer to a resolution than we were five years ago. And probably farther [...]
Based on Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s schedule, it will be busy on the UEP Trust front next week. Not on the agenda: The Utah Supreme Court hearing on the FLDS’ petition scheduled for Wednesday. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s Schedule February 15, 2010 – February 19, 2010 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:30 AM – Meeting [...]
