Iowa Republicans sponsor calls to impeach 4 justices

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Iowa Republicans sponsor calls to impeach 4 justices
Fri Apr 22, 6:22 am ET

DES MOINES (Reuters) – Five Republican state legislators co-sponsored resolutions on Thursday to impeach four of the justices on the Iowa state supreme court but the measures are likely to stall this year, lawmakers said.

Iowa voters tossed three justices off the bench last November who joined the court's ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. But four other justices who were part of that unanimous ruling remain on the court.

Representative Tom Shaw said the articles of impeachment he helped draft accuse the four remaining justices of overstepping their authority.

"Marriage is between one man and one woman and they just up and tried to change the definition of a word and you just can't do that," Shaw said. "Justices don't have the authority to change the meanings of words."



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[TxVietVet]

1. Don't that just piss them conservanazis off!

".... they just up and tried to change the definition of a word and you just can't do that," Shaw said. "Justices don't have the authority to change the meanings of words."


Well, bubba, the conservanazis try to do it all the time. They use words and demonize them. Remember "liberal". Conservanazis try to make people believe "liberal" is evil. Well, conservanazis are evil.

Quit whining.

[canuckledragger]

2. Funny...

didn't the republicans recently try to change the definition of rape?

[47of74]

3. Hopefully it'll not even make it out of committee

[AlbertCat]

4. Marriage is between one man and one woman