A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday against the latest legal challenge to California’s high-speed rail system by rejecting a temporary restraining order intended to stop the sale of bonds to finance more construction.

The case touches on the recent Caltrain electrification issue and the claim of California’s 14 Republicans in Congress that the electrification project is really a high-speed rail project. A $647 million federal grant to complete funding for Caltrain’s project…