Three Iowa judges may face angry voters

[Liberal_in_LA]

Three Iowa judges may face angry voters

By Grant Schulte, USA TODAY

DES MOINES — Three Iowa Supreme Court justices who were part of a unanimous decision last year to allow same-sex marriage may pay the price next month as voters decide whether to keep them on the bench.

A new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll released Monday shows that 44% of Iowans who plan to vote in the retention election say they will vote "yes" to all three justices; 40% say they will vote to remove all three; and 16% say they want to retain some.

Scholars who study judge-selection practices said the removal of even one justice would shock judiciaries across the nation, embolden conservative activists and could open the door to changes in the way Iowa chooses judges.

"Those poll numbers are stunning," said Brian T. Fitzpatrick, a Vanderbilt University associate law professor who has followed Iowa's retention debate. "It is virtually unheard-of for a judge to lose a retention race."


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-05-iowajudges05_ST_N.htm?csp=24

[BolivarianHero]

1. Americans who place the Bible above the constitution should be tried for treason...

They must be dealt with accordingly.

[Sal Minella]

2. In matters of personal behavior toward fellow humans, the Bible

(i.e. The New Testament, see Sermon on Mount etc) is super-dandy; Leviticus not so much).

But in matters of public policy and government behavior and group behavior, the Constitution is The Bible. jmho.

[Sal Minella]

3. Iowa Public Radio had a Ralph Reed sound byte this morning with

Ralph in Des Moines shrieking at the top of his tiny lungs that there would be conservative victories "from sea to shining sea" and "we'll send the liberals back where they belong."

Which I, of course, took to mean the bench of the Iowa Supreme Court.

Ralph got purty dang excited there for awhile, it sounded like.