SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature strongly rebuked the state judiciary Tuesday, condemning the courts over a recent ruling on redistricting that threw out a congressional boundary map created by lawmakers in favor of one drawn by plaintiffs who accused the Republican majority of gerrymandering.

While Democrats urged restraint and said attacks on judges would hurt the justice system’s credibility, Republican lawmakers said that the ruling usurped their powers to draw political maps outlined in Utah’s Constitution and passed a resolution condemning the courts. To the extent that trust in the court has faltered, some Republicans say the judicial branch has only itself to blame.

“It is concerning … to me that in protecting institutions that there are obvious and potentially glaring defic

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