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DES MOINES — A newly formed group called Iowans Concerned About Judges is asking about 80 judges who are up for retention this November to declare their positions on a number of controversial issues.

The group, made up of a handful of conservative organizations, contends Iowans have a right to know how judges feel about same-sex marriage, abortion, assisted suicide, eminent domain, displaying the Ten Commandments in courtrooms and schools and other issues

The five-page judicial questionnaire, containing 15 questions, was e-mailed this month to judges who are up for retention. The two-week deadline to return the form is Thursday.

Chuck Hurley, president of the Iowa Family Policy Center, said voters want to be informed when deciding whether to retain judges. Part of their concern, he said, is that judicial activism has crept into the American judiciary. The questionnaire aims to bring accountability, he added.

more @ the Globe Gazette. i wonder if iowa has this conservative group trying to pin judges down on how they're going to vote on certain issues that other states don't have the same problem with these reich-wing extremists who are attacking the judicial branch of our government.