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Lawmakers ask Utah judge to pause gerrymandering ruling — or let them go to the Supreme Court

Judge Dianna Gibson did not rule on the request during Friday’s hearing and said she wanted to take more time for review.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Green, an attorney representing the Utah Legislature, as Judge Dianna Gibson holds a hearing on Utah’s congressional maps process, in Salt Lake City on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. Judge Gibson previously ruled — based on a decision last year by the Utah Supreme Court — that the Legislature had violated voters’ constitutional right to make laws when legislators repealed Proposition 4, the citizen-passed Better Boundaries initiative.