Thursday, November 4, 2010

Judgeless in Iowa: Making Sense of Tuesday’s Judicial Ouster

Wall Street Journal
November 3, 2010

So what do we make of this situation in Iowa, where, as we mentioned earlier Wednesday, voters ousted three Iowa Supreme Court Justices on Tuesday in a retention election?

The move, widely seen as a repudiation of a ruling last year that struck down a law prohibiting same-sex marriage, was particularly noteworthy given the nature of the vote. The justices weren’t running against opponents. They would have kept their jobs had a majority of voting Iowans simply pulled the lever that said yes, they could stay on the bench for another eight years.

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