Amici will get oral-argument time in Iowa Supreme Court voting case
By Ryan Koopmans
Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court told the seven amici in Griffin v. Pate (the case that will decide what types of crimes are “infamous” under the Iowa Constitution) that they could participate in oral argument if the …
Could an Iowan soon sit on the nation’s highest court?
By Ryan Koopmans
I join the the legal community and the country in mourning the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia. I applied to law school because I thought it’d help me get a job as a Wall Street banker; I decided to become a lawyer, in large part, because of Justice Scalia. …
Rox Laird, veteran Iowa courts commentator, joins On Brief
By Ryan Koopmans
Rox Laird, former Des Moines Register editorial writer and Iowa courts commentator, is joining this blog as a regular contributor. Rox retired from the Register last fall and, as former Register editor and NBC News president M …
Iowa Supreme Court to hold evening argument in case involving the death of a rock star and the constitutional rights of the unborn
Tomorrow, the Iowa Supreme Court will hold a special, evening session to hear oral arguments in The Estate of Paul Gray v. Daniel Baldi. The Iowa Supreme Court holds one evening session in Des Moines each year, and this one, in particular, is made for prime time: The lawsuit is about …
Iowa Supreme Court extends argument time in major voting case and says amici can argue–if the parties let them
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