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Iowa Judicial Branch

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Chief Justice Susan Christensen Postpones Trials Until Summer

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen issued a supervisory order further delaying all trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iowa Senate Oversight Committee to Review Courthouse Security Breaches

State Sen. Amy Sinclair: “Iowans have a number of questions regarding the rationale, execution, and explanation of the attempts to break into these county courthouses.”

Addressing Objections to Judicial Selection Reform

State Representative Sandy Salmon (R-Janesville) addresses common objections she has heard about reforming the judicial selection process in Iowa.

A Needed Change to Iowa’s Judicial Selection Process

Shane Vander Hart: HSB 110, a bill sponsored by State Representative Steven Holt (R-Denison) represents a needed overhaul of Iowa’s judicial selection process.

Chief Justice Cady Seeks Expansion of Family Treatment Courts

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark S. Cady in his State of the Judiciary address asked legislators to fund an expansion of Family Treatment Courts.

The Iowa Judicial Branch on What Makes a Good Judge

The Iowa Judicial Branch released information about the judicial retention vote awhile…

On Judicial Nominations in Iowa

This was from a reader’s email sent to Nathan Tucker (an attorney…

How to Hold The Runaway Judiciary in Iowa in Check? (Updated: Caught a Very Important Typo)

That is certainly a question that people here are asking.  What to…