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Justice in Iowa. I may have more on this later after I read the opinion.
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This is great news.Report
While Iowa is heartland geographically it is a lot different culturally than say a Kansas, Oklahoma, or Nebraska. Iowa (like Illinois and Wisconsin, Minnesota) has a stronger history of progressive (sometimes populist) politics. So this doesn’t really surprise me all that much.Report
I agree with both of you. I’m starting to get in the meat of the opinion. I’ve seen Lawrence cited a couple of times, which is always nice.Report
It looks like heightened scrutiny is being applied – the opinion cites Footnote Four in perhaps the only way that libertarians can possibly approve with respect to the protection of discrete and insular minorities.Report
Very busy today – but a unanimous decision? Interesting, no matter what state it is.Report
Mark, if one of the commenters at Volokh is correct, unanimous decisions in Iowa are typical. I’m about halfway through the opinion.Report