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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Courts - "New Iowa justices will campaign when facing retention vote"

From the long story in the DesMoines Register by Jans Manuel Krogstad, who reports:

Iowa's three new Supreme Court justices said they are prepared to campaign in 2012 when they face a retention vote.

The justices said that they prefer not to campaign to keep their seats, but that they learned a lesson from last fall's successful campaign that ousted three justices.

These are the three new justices who were appointed by the Governor to replace:
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and justices David Baker and Michael Streit [who] were voted off the bench following a campaign fueled by a 2009 decision that legalized same-sex marriage.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 24, 2011 11:16 AM
Posted to Courts in general