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Eighth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Iowa’s Judicial-Selection Method
By Ryan Koopmans
This morning the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s method of electing members of the State Judicial Nominating Commission under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitu …
Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference Features Justice Alito and Three Former Solicitors General
Sholom Rubashkin Files Petition for Certiorari with U.S. Supreme Court
City of Des Moines Asks Iowa Supreme Court to Reconsider Class Action Ruling
Iowa Supreme Court Grants Further Review in Five Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Iowa Supreme Court granted further review in five cases:
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Telemed abortion case could have broad implications
By Ryan Koopmans
Tomorrow, the Iowa Supreme Court will hear argument in one of the most closely watched cases of the term: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Iowa Board of Medicine. The case involves the Board of Medicine’s 2013 r …
Traffic cameras are constitutional–at least if you don’t deny that you were driving
By Ryan Leemkuil
This morning, the Iowa Supreme Court joined a number of courts around the country in rejecting constitutional challenges to a city’s use of traffic cameras (commonly referred to as “automated traffic enforcement,” or “ATE …
The Tinkers go back to the Supreme Court
By Ryan Koopmans
Forty-five years after their free-speech victory over the Des Moines public schools, John and Mary Beth Tinker are going back to the Supreme Court.
In 1965, the Tinkers were among a group …
Iowa Supreme Court to weigh in on Workers’ Compensation battle over surveillance video
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide whether and when an employer in a workers’ compensation case must turn over a surveillance video of an allegedly injured employee. The case, which pits business gr …
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