Among the 9 finalists for the 3 vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court Justice there is one woman, one racial minority, and one law professor – – – and then there are the 8 other candidates.
The 3 vacancies on the state’s highest court resulted from last November’s retention election in which the justices were targeted based on the court’s unanimous decision in Varnum v. Brien, holding the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage was unconstitutional.
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-Ruthann Robson
