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Bid to dramatically cut justices’ salaries immediately tabled (RadioIowa)

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A fervent critic of the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage suggests the salaries of four of the justices on the court should be cut dramatically, but he tabled discussion of the proposal before a vote could be taken.


Representative Dwayne Alons spent about five minutes during House debate of the court’s overall budget explaining why the justices’ salaries of the justices should be cut.

“Put them on kind of equal footing with the legislature since they want to legislative from the bench,” Alons said.

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Complete article at Radio Iowa : http://bit.ly/fdPA0m