More Analysis on Iowa Right to Life v. Tooker: Less Disclosure, Future Litigation
By Colin Smith
Today’s Eighth Circuit ruling in Iowa Right to Life v. Tooker is the most …
BREAKING: Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Part of Iowa’s Election Laws As Unconstitutional
By Colin Smith
The opinion in Iowa Right to Life v. Tooker—a case read more
Iowa: Where the potential SCOTUS nominees roam
Supreme Court to issue birth-certificate decision tomorrow
By Ryan Koopmans
Tomorrow, the Iowa Supreme Court will decide whether the presumption of paternity–whereby the husband is presumed to be the father of his wife’s child, and therefore listed on the birth certificate–must apply to a same-sex spo …
Judge Jane Kelly
By Ryan Koopmans
By a vote of 96-0, the Senate has confirmed Jane Kelly to serve as a judge on the United States …
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Split Eighth Circuit panel affirms the DeCoster’s prison sentence
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday that corporate executives can be sentenced to prison when their companies violate federal food-safety laws.
Chief Justice Cady: “Voices of democracy,” not the Court, can alter Infamous Crimes Clause
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? …
Lawsuit from fatal balcony fall goes back to Polk County court
When does Grandfather have the final say? Well, it depends on the facts.
That was the conclusion of the Iowa Supreme Court in an a …
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