Oh Snap! A Lawsuit may Prove that the Iowa judicial retention vote was illegal

Remember how NOM bragged about ousting the 3 activist judges in Iowa, because they approved gay marriage? Well, that whole procedure could be illegal!

Three Des Moines-area attorneys believe the retention vote that ousted three Iowa Supreme Court justices was illegal because the Iowa Constitution mandates the votes for judges be "on a separate ballot."

They have filed suit to keep the three justices, who participated in last year's unanimous ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, from being tossed off the bench.

The ballot used Nov. 2 included the names of the justices standing for retention on the back of a single sheet, "combined with other elections, nonpartisan offices, Constitutional questions and public measures," the lawsuit says.
Thomas W. George, John P. Roehrick and Carlton Salmons are asking for a temporary judicial order that would bar the justices from leaving the Supreme Court when their terms end Dec. 31.

The attorneys are suing Democratic Secretary of State Michael Mauro, who, as elections commissioner, is responsible for state voting and ballot practices.

The lawsuit also names the three justices Iowans voted to oust: Marsha Ternus, Michael J. Streit, and David L. Baker.
A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Polk County District Court.

Mauro said he's confident the lawsuit won't change anything.

But would it be funny if it did; all that money NOM and other hate groups put into that vote would be wasted.

Let's hope for the best.


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