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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Three Iowa Justices Removed After Gay Marriage Ruling
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
By Staff, Associated Press
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) - Iowa voters have voted to remove three state Supreme
Court justices, siding with conservatives angered by a ruling that allowed
gay marriage.
The vote Tuesday was the first time Iowa voters have removed a Supreme Court
justice since the current system began in 1962.
The three who weren't retained were Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and justices
David Baker and Michael Streit. They were the only justices up for
retention this year.
They were on the court of seven justices who unanimously decided last year
that an Iowa law restricting marriage to one man and one woman violated the
state's constitution.
Gay marriage opponents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the
campaign. A group of former governors, lawyers and judges said the justices'
removal would threaten Iowa's independent judiciary. |
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