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By Nathan Tucker Despite the Governor’s disappointing lack of leadership on this issue, it appears that some state lawmakers are tired of the elitist, cloistered, and undemocratic commission process that produces activist jud...
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Branstad Did The Best He Could Do With A Flawed Nominating System

By Craig Robinson Governor Terry Branstad nominated three individuals to the Iowa Supreme Court yesterday afternoon.  Branstad named two judges, Edward Mansfield and Bruce Zager, as well as Davenport attorney Thomas Waterman t...
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Demerited

By Nathan Tucker While it remains unclear how judicial nominating commissions define merit, last week we learned that an applicant can, in fact, lose his merit, and do so in the span of two months.  Apparently, once a nominee ...
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Unconvinced

By Nathan Tucker If the past week was intended to demonstrate to Iowans that our current judicial selection system is a non-partisan merit-based process, many Iowans rightfully remain unconvinced.  Far from proving that the ve...
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Commission Elections

By Nathan Tucker Iowans already have elections for members of the state nominating commission, but only a tiny fraction of the voting electorate can participate in them.  Currently only attorneys have the ability to vote for c...
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