By Jack Queen

(Reuters) -Four California Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to block Governor Gavin Newsom’s , which would create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his state to counter a similar move by Republicans in Texas.

The Republican lawmakers argue in their emergency petition to the California Supreme Court that the state constitution prohibits lawmakers from acting on the redistricting bills until Sept. 18 because new legislation requires a 30-day review period.

The lawmakers asked the court to block Democratic lawmakers from moving forward with the legislation until Sept. 18.

The lawsuit comes as Newsom seeks a tit-for-tat expansion of California’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation to match a redistricting in Texas that would net Republicans five mor

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