Iowa Family Policy Center/the Family Leader Looks to 2012, Judicial Selection and Re-pass DOMA Chuck Hurley, the president of Iowa Family Policy Center which is now… Shane Vander HartNovember 21, 20101 minute read
Bob Vander Plaats a 2012 Iowa Caucus Kingmaker? Will Judicial Reform Be a Hot Issue? With the news that former Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats will… Shane Vander HartNovember 10, 20103 minute read
Iowa For Freedom: Iowa Supreme Court Justices Suspend Campaign Efforts DES MOINES – Two Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention on… Caffeinated ThoughtsOctober 27, 20101 minute read
Last Iowa Governor’s Race Debate: Contrasting Branstad and Culver on Judicial Retention, Selection and Political Speech in Churches (Updated) In the lightning round of yesterday’s final debate in Iowa’s Gubernatorial race,… Shane Vander HartOctober 22, 20105 minute read
Three Observations About Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s Debate Against Brenna Findley The one and only Iowa Attorney General Race debate was held yesterday… Shane Vander HartOctober 21, 20103 minute read
Findley Calls on Miller to Explain Missed Deadline That Allowed 2 Violent Sexual Predators to Go Free GOP Attorney General candidate Brenna Findley yesterday challenged Attorney General Tom Miller… Caffeinated ThoughtsOctober 15, 20102 minute read
Brad Zaun: Against Retention of Iowa Supreme Court Justices, For a Federal Marriage Amendment In my interview with State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale), the Republican challenger… Shane Vander HartOctober 14, 20101 minute read
Iowa For Freedom: Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus Lacks Judicial Temperament DES MOINES – Iowa For Freedom State Chairman Bob Vander Plaats reacted… Caffeinated ThoughtsOctober 13, 20101 minute read
Steve King: Remove Iowa Supreme Court Justices By Congressman Steve King For too long we left the Iowa judicial… Caffeinated ThoughtsOctober 10, 20103 minute read
Attention Iowa Pastors! Prepare Your Church for Election Day to Vote Their Values This will be as political as we’ll get here. I wanted to… Shane Vander HartOctober 8, 20101 minute read
Attention Iowa Pastors! Prepare Your Church for Election Day to Vote Their Values I wanted to give Jeff Mullen, the pastor of Point of Grace… Shane Vander HartOctober 8, 20101 minute read
A Pastoral Letter to a Kangaroo Court By Rev. Cary K. Gordon So many times we read editorials claiming… Caffeinated ThoughtsOctober 3, 20105 minute read
Iowa for Freedom: Remember in November – Vote No on Retention of Iowa Supreme Court Justices DES MOINES – Iowa For Freedom continues to educate Iowa voters about… Caffeinated ThoughtsSeptember 28, 20102 minute read
Bob Vander Plaats’ Campaign to Oust Iowa Supreme Court Justices Kicked Off Amid Encouraging Poll Bob Vander Plaats just launched the online component for his campaign to… Shane Vander HartAugust 9, 20101 minute read
The Des Moines Register Doesn’t Trust Voters with Iowa’s Judicial Retention Process Predictably, The Des Moines Register wrote an editorial yesterday entitled, “public opinion… Shane Vander HartAugust 9, 20104 minute read
Vander Plaats Launches Initiative To Oust Iowa Supreme Court Justices; No Independent Gov Bid I was unable to attend Bob Vander Plaats’ press conference this morning,… Shane Vander HartAugust 6, 20103 minute read