Gingrich: Remaining Iowa justices should resign

Des Moines Register
November 16, 2010

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in West Des Moines for a book-signing today, said the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices should resign.

Gingrich said it was clear after the three justices on the ballot were defeated that the other four also would have lost their jobs. Bob Vander Plaats, who headed the campaign to defeat justices, has made similar remarks.

“I mean it’s clear if they had been on the ballot, they’d have been repealed,” Gingrich said.

He said the integrity and authority of the system comes from the consent of the governed, “then the governed have indicated they don’t agree with this court … so I think they have any sense of integrity about protecting the court, they’ll step down.”

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