Iowa Supreme Court

As a lawyer, I have been watching the Iowa Supreme Court process with some interest. 

Basically, Iowa has a process whereby judges are put up for retention every few years.  Last November, the voters did not retain the three Supreme Court Justices, primarily, it is believed, due to their position on same-sex marriage. 

This week, the commission held interviews with the sixty candidates for the three positions.  In Iowa, anyone with a law license can apply (and in some cases this time, did).

Now the nine finalists are sitting on the governor's desk (literally and figuratively) waiting for the governor to select the three new justices. 

After that, they will be sworn in, and start hearing cases.

In the short term, everyone is trying to figure out who the governor will pick, the politics of each finalist, and what will happen once appointed.  Then, most people will forget what happened.  Meanwhile, the precedents the new judges will decide will be impacting life in Iowa.

And, the same sex marriage ruling is not even on the docket and will stand.