(The Center Square) – The California Supreme Court rejected an emergency Republican petition to take congressional redistricting off the Nov. 4 ballot.

"The petition for writ of mandate and application for stay are denied," the court said Wednesday, two days after Republicans, including several legislators, filed it.

" 48 hours later, this case has already been rejected," Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X . "Keep em coming, @GOP. We'll keep winning."

The GOP petition argued legislators legally can’t draw a congressional map because under the California Constitution, redistricting is done by an independent commission of citizens. The Republicans were represented in the petition by the Dhillon Law Group, which was founded by Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant U.S. attorney

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