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Iowa: Judge Retention Question: 3 Supremes OUSTED!
Vanity Press ^ | 11/2/10 | Moi

Posted on 11/02/2010 10:15:04 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa

Tweet from WHO Radio, Des Mines, Iowa: All five Iowa incumbent Congressmen win re-election Branstad defeats Cuvler. 3 Supreme Court justices lose retention vote.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: elections; iowa; judgeretention
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from http://www.iowaelectionresults.gov/

Supreme Court Justice - David L. Baker Precincts Reported 1615/1774 Yes 402392 45.69% No 478297 54.31%

Supreme Court Justice - Michael J. Streit Precincts Reported 1615/1774 Yes 402113 45.57% No 480307 54.43%

Supreme Court Justice - Marsha Ternus Precincts Reported 1615/1774 Yes 397094 44.95% No 486407 55.05%

Results based on the question 'shall the judge be retained in office'...

Never before has one Supreme Court Justice been removed on a retention question - tonight, It was 3 justices not retained. Historical is an under-statement.

1 posted on 11/02/2010 10:15:10 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa
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To: Keith in Iowa

some background on why they were ousted


2 posted on 11/02/2010 10:16:46 PM PDT by Krankor (I can't see me loving nobody but you- for all my life.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Great news! Strip them of their robes!


3 posted on 11/02/2010 10:16:53 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: Keith in Iowa

What did they do? I was hoping for a similar result in Nevada several years ago when they overruled the 2/3 requirement to raise taxes. Unfortunately, that never materialized.


4 posted on 11/02/2010 10:17:20 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Keith in Iowa

That is amazing. Did it have anything to do with the judges voting for gay marriage?


5 posted on 11/02/2010 10:17:27 PM PDT by Stayfrosty
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To: Keith in Iowa

YES!!


6 posted on 11/02/2010 10:17:56 PM PDT by Soul Seeker ( I was there when we had the numbers, but didnÂ’t have the principles.---Jim that leans conservDeMin)
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To: Krankor
some background on why they were ousted


7 posted on 11/02/2010 10:18:36 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: Stayfrosty

>>>That is amazing. Did it have anything to do with the judges voting for gay marriage?

Bingo.


8 posted on 11/02/2010 10:19:07 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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Near Final Results...

Supreme Court Justice - David L. Baker
Precincts Reported 1703/1774
Yes 427363 45.73%
No 507163 54.27%

Supreme Court Justice - Michael J. Streit
Precincts Reported 1703/1774
Yes 426618 45.59%
No 509251 54.41%

Supreme Court Justice - Marsha Ternus
Precincts Reported 1703/1774
Yes 421203 44.96%
No 515610 55.04%


9 posted on 11/02/2010 10:46:52 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

So, what happens now? Are three more liberal judges appointed?


10 posted on 11/02/2010 11:05:40 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: icwhatudo

I was going to post a response, but that pictures says it all.


11 posted on 11/02/2010 11:07:28 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Keith in Iowa

Awesome news!
Man, tonight just keeps getting better.

I hope Sandra Day O’Connor is soiling herself.


12 posted on 11/02/2010 11:11:46 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: MediaMole

That would depend on what the nominating commission does... All eyes will be upon them...


13 posted on 11/02/2010 11:14:50 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: Krankor
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the Iowa law forbidding gay marriage was unconstitutional. So now in Iowa it is legal for same sex couples to get married.

In Iowa, judges do not run for election per se. They get appointed. But they do go on the ballot with the question, "Should Judge Joe Schmoe be retained? Yes/No.

No Iowa Supreme Court Judge has ever not been retained, so this is a historical vote. All 3 of them on the ballot this time got rejected. And it was obviously due to their vote on gay marriage. (the other 6 judges that voted for it were not on the ballot this year)

The usual leftists, and the bar association started running ads to protect them with all sorts of weird justification---don't politicize the judiciary (huh?), just because a referee makes a bad call, you don't fire him (huh?), they were just doing their job, and there is nothing in the Iowa Constitution that prohibits same sex marriage, yadda yadda.

I have always voted no on judges, just to shake up those weasly lawyers. Prior to tonite, the Guv, and both the Iowa House and Senate were controlled by Ds, and did not put up a Constitutional Amendment to the ballot to ban gay marriage, despite much cry for one. The guv and Iowa house have flipped to R, and maybe the Senate too. We shall see if that makes it to a future ballot.

14 posted on 11/02/2010 11:17:00 PM PDT by Pappy Smear (Support the presidency, end the policies.)
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To: wagglebee

FYI ping - history has been made.


15 posted on 11/02/2010 11:20:08 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: Pappy Smear
why would the oh so conservative and moral Iowans vote this dramatically and then turn around and be big democrats for zero....

it does not compute....

16 posted on 11/02/2010 11:24:39 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Pappy Smear
Kinda surprised the judges got voted out. But Iowa is a kooky state that loves its incumbents. All 5 US Congress incumbents were re-elected (3 D, 2 R). US Senate incumbent re-elected (R). Guv flipped D to R, but to someone who was governor for 16 years prior, so that is basically an incumbent.

All the statewide offices held with the incumbent, with the exception of what appears of a flip of the Secretary of State from D to R. (Auditor, Sec of Ag stay R. AG, Treasurer stay D) Makes no sense.

All 3 of the CDs that retained their D congress critters who range from flaming lib to moderate D, all voted overwhelmingly for Chuck Grassley for US Senate, who is pretty conservative as US Senators go. Obviously large amounts of people voted for candidates with completely opposing viewpoints.

17 posted on 11/02/2010 11:26:21 PM PDT by Pappy Smear (Support the presidency, end the policies.)
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To: Keith in Iowa
In Michigan, the governor appoints to SC, but they then have to run on non=partisan ballot to stay. Thats the only reason that Michigan SC is on the conservative side....we had 5 on the ballot with only able to vote for 2, the 2 were listed as incumbent and were conservative justices.

I don't get local channels so don't know what happened. Maybe someone from Michigan knows..

18 posted on 11/02/2010 11:29:22 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Keith in Iowa

That’s probably because for the first time a number of people actually looked into their decisions/rulings.


19 posted on 11/03/2010 3:41:43 AM PDT by chilltherats (He was born with a roaring voice, and it had the trick of inflaming half-wits against their betters)
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To: MediaMole
So, what happens now? Are three more liberal judges appointed?

Let's hope the pressure is kept up so that doesn't happen! Theoretically, the outgoing governor could do that!

I cheered aloud when I saw Terry Branstad had defeated Gov. Chet Culver, but he doesn't take office immediately. Iowa's system needs fixin'!


Then again, one of these three outgoing "justices" was appointed by Gov. Branstad. :-(

20 posted on 11/03/2010 4:10:17 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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