Valuable to learn that our court rejected an accusation of logrolling in an abortion-related case . Ed notes the inconsistency. Roe v. Wade was the most prominent case where a high court rejected precedent. In Iowa, our Court picks and chooses both when to honor precedent and when to inject itself into policy. I can understand inconsistency among politicians, as painful as it can be. Policy-making by the highest court in Iowa is controversial and I feel conflicted about that. However, hypocrisy by our Supreme Court in selectively choosing when to honor precedent is not to be tolerated. Even my fellow law school student-Gov. Branstad-would remember our classes which covered the importance of precedent in a democracy and civilized society.
Valuable to learn that our court rejected an accusation of logrolling in an abortion-related case . Ed notes the inconsistency. Roe v. Wade was the most prominent case where a high court rejected precedent. In Iowa, our Court picks and chooses both when to honor precedent and when to inject itself into policy. I can understand inconsistency among politicians, as painful as it can be. Policy-making by the highest court in Iowa is controversial and I feel conflicted about that. However, hypocrisy by our Supreme Court in selectively choosing when to honor precedent is not to be tolerated. Even my fellow law school student-Gov. Branstad-would remember our classes which covered the importance of precedent in a democracy and civilized society.
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