When Iowa releases a convicted sex offender confined under the State’s civil commitment statutes, does the State have a duty to protect the public from harm?
The answer is yes, according to the family of a woman allegedly sexually assaulted by a convict …
The fate of plans for developing the fabled “Field of Dreams” movie location in Dubuque County may be determined by the Iowa Supreme Court.
Dyersville city officials and a developer envision a little bit of economic-development heaven at the Dubuque C …
You can do serious time in federal prison for selling black rhinoceros horns, even if the horns were originally purchased before such sales were made illegal.
That is the conclusion …
In his opinion for the Iowa Supreme Court in Thursday’s voting rights decision, Chief Justice Mark Cady said expanding voting rights for convicted felons must come in response to the “voices of democracy.”
The question is, how might that happen? …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday in Iowa City in a case that could determine whether gaming devices that resemble slot machines could be placed in Iowa businesses other than bars.
The Court will hear oral arguments at 10:30 a.m. Friday in < …
The motto “In God We Trust” has been printed on U.S. currency since the Civil War, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit confronted the question of whether it violates the Constitution for the first time in an Aug. 28
Neil Gorsuch, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, made a case for defending the rule of law in a conversation a Q-and-A-format conversation with Lavenski Smith, Chief Judge of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Eighth Circuit conference in Des Moines Friday.
Susan Christensen told her husband some years ago that she wanted to be a judge, and she reached that goal when she became a District Associate Judge in 2007 and a District Judge in 2015. But her climb up the judiciary ladder did not end there: On Wednesday, Christensen was appointed as an Asso …U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch shares his views on preserving the rule of law at Des Moines conference
District Judge Susan Christensen named to the Iowa Supreme Court
On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog is devoted to appellate litigation with a focus on the Iowa Supreme Court, the Iowa Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
