SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah Supreme Court has rejected an emergency request from the Utah legislature to stay the lower court ruling that asks lawmakers to draw new congressional maps by September 25.

That means that unless another stay is granted, presumably by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Utah Legislature will need to draw new congressional maps by September 25.

"Given the considerable discretion afforded to the District Court to grant a stay of its own injunctive order, we are in no position to grant extraordinary relief (to the legislature) on the basis that the discretion was abused where they have not identified an error related to the District Court's order denying their stay request," the Court wrote.

In short, the Court is saying that the Legislature's lawyers didn't appeal

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