SALT LAKE CITY — No sooner had a judge selected a congressional map that could create a new Democratic district in Utah than some on the other side of the political aisle instantly called for her to be impeached.

In her decision announced late Monday, Third District Judge Dianna Gibson rejected a map put forth by the Utah State Legislature, governed by a Republican majority, and instead chose a map submitted by plaintiffs that Gibson claimed did not favor a political party.

In the minutes after the ruling, Rep. Matt MacPherson (R-West Valley City) took to social media, accusing Gibson of a "gross abuse of power," and claimed to have opened a bill to impeach the judge.

During a media conference on Tuesday, the plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit leading to Gibson's decision questioned w

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