SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah State Legislature asked the Utah Supreme Court for an emergency halt of the ruling that orders them to draw new congressional maps by September 25.

That ruling came from the Third District Court, and it said that the legislature wasn't allowed to overturn Proposition 4, a citizen ballot measure that created anti-gerrymandering guidelines.

The Legislature's lawyers are only asking for the remedy of drawing new maps to be halted, and are not asking them to weigh in on the merits of whether they agree with the lower court's ruling that the legislature unconstitutionally overturned the people's ballot initiative.

It's not clear yet if the state's high court will agree to hear this emergency request, but if they do end up halting the ruling, then Utah will li

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