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The Iowa Supreme Court has the sole power to admit persons to practice as attorneys in the courts of Iowa, to prescribe rules to supervise attorney conduct, and to discipline attorneys. The court is responsible for promulgating rules of procedure and practice used throughout the state courts.
DES MOINES, Iowa — On Election Day, Iowa voters will determine whether Supreme Court Justice David May keeps his job. The retention election will be Justice May’s first as a newly-appointed judge on a one-year term following the retirement of Justice Brent Appel. Justice May first served as a district judge in the 5th Judicial District from ...
The Iowa Supreme Court later reversed the appeals court, arriving unanimously at the same conclusion Judge May had reached in his dissent. The application did not refer to the “originalist” approach, which calls on judges to analyze legal questions from the perspective of the white men who drafted Iowa’s constitution in the 1850s (or ...
Most Recent Opinions. Case No. 22-1419: Katherine Avenarius and Paul Avenarius v. State of Iowa. Filed Oct 18, 2024. View Opinion No. 22-1419. Case No. 23-0819: State of Iowa v. Sarah Rae Berg. Filed Oct 18, 2024.
Iowa Supreme Court Justice David May. First appointed to the court in 2022, David May is now standing for his first retention election. May is the fifth justice appointed by Gov. Kim...
The Iowa Supreme Court has finally answered, at least for now, the most important question about Iowans' abortion rights. After three rulings in as many years, the seven justices on the court...
The Iowa Supreme Court is composed of seven justices. Appointments to the court are made by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by the State Judicial Nominating Commission. To be considered for appointment a person must be an attorney licensed to practice in Iowa.
The 4-3 ruling strikes down an injunction by a Polk County court that barred enforcement of a 2023 Iowa law banning abortions after fetal cardiac activity, which the law calls a "fetal heartbeat ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Justice David May, appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in 2022, is up for a retention vote this November. Iowans will decide whether he should remain on the state’s highest...
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy.