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First Lady Calls Vote To Oust Justices 'Travesty' (KCCI)

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Iowa’s first lady, Mari Culver, said Thursday that the vote to oust three members of Iowa’s Supreme Court is a “stain on the history of our state.”

Culver, speaking at a ceremony in Ames honoring Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, said of the vote to oust Ternus and two other justices:

“It is a travesty that the highly respected leader of the Iowa court system who ensured justice for the most vulnerable in our courts -- the children -- will be leaving the Supreme Court because of a well-funded, partisan campaign to oust three Supreme Court justices because of a single decision with which they disagreed.”

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Complete article at KCCI : http://bit.ly/fiYCBR