By Stephen Hobbs | Sacramento Bee

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an effort by Republican legislators to delay Democrats from gerrymandering the state’s congressional districts.

The justices said the legal challenge, filed earlier this week, “failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under” the California Constitution.

A group of four Southern California Republican legislators argued Democrats were violating state law by not waiting 30 days to take up bills related to the effort and had asked the Supreme Court to force them to do so.

“We will continue to challenge this unconstitutional power grab in the courts and at the ballot box,” the legislators said in a statement after the ruling. “Californians deserve fair, transparent electio

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