SACRAMENTO (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Thursday asked Gov. Jerry Brown to resist union pressure to appeal a Los Angeles judge’s decision striking down tenure and other job protections for California teachers.Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, sent Brown a letter a day before the Democratic governor is scheduled to address a the American Federation of Teachers’ national conference in Los Angeles.Huff urged Brown to consider the civil rights of disadvantaged students.“Senate Republicans strongly believe an appeal would further disenfranchise inner-city students and those who come from challenging socio-economic circumstances,” Huff wrote. “The proper response would be to take advantage of this historic ruling as an opportunity to promote true education equality and fix California’s broken public school system.”Last month, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu found that a handful of laws governing the hiring and firing of the state’s teachers are unconstitutional because they deprive children of a quality education.