Yep, the times are a changing…

by Dave on April 3, 2009

Justice in Iowa. I may have more on this later after I read the opinion.

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1 E.D. Kain April 3, 2009 at 9:06 am

This is great news.

2 Chris Dierkes April 3, 2009 at 9:37 am

While Iowa is heartland geographically it is a lot different culturally than say a Kansas, Oklahoma, or Nebraska. Iowa (like Illinois and Wisconsin, Minnesota) has a stronger history of progressive (sometimes populist) politics. So this doesn’t really surprise me all that much.

3 Dave April 3, 2009 at 10:13 am

I agree with both of you. I’m starting to get in the meat of the opinion. I’ve seen Lawrence cited a couple of times, which is always nice.

4 Dave April 3, 2009 at 10:15 am

It looks like heightened scrutiny is being applied – the opinion cites Footnote Four in perhaps the only way that libertarians can possibly approve with respect to the protection of discrete and insular minorities.

5 Mark Thompson April 3, 2009 at 10:49 am

Very busy today – but a unanimous decision? Interesting, no matter what state it is.

6 Dave April 3, 2009 at 11:18 am

Mark, if one of the commenters at Volokh is correct, unanimous decisions in Iowa are typical. I’m about halfway through the opinion.

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