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His vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice David Souter in 1990 was a mistake, and voting for Sonia Sotomayor would be repeating that mistake, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters Tuesday morning.
Calling Souter “the only [Justice] that I voted for who really turned out different than what I anticipated,” Grassley said Sotomayor appears to share [...]

Saying he doesn’t believe she will be able to set aside personal biases and prejudices to decide cases in an impartial manner, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley announced Monday he will oppose the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial philosophy is a cause of concern that doesn’t fit “with what I and many others believe is the proper role of a judge or an appropriate judicial method,” Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said Monday during his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In a unanimous decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that many of the convictions and sentences given to immigrant detainees from the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville were in error.
According to the ruling, federal prosecutors have inappropriately used aggravated identity theft laws to prosecute undocumented workers. The decision directly impacts Iowa since of [...]

The fate of a lawsuit filed against Pottawattamie County officials by two men who were wrongfully convicted of murder will be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court this fall. The Court announced today that it will hear an appeal from former Pottawattamie County prosecutors who were named in the civil action.

Anti-torture activists will be on hand this afternoon at Drake University’s Knapp Center in Des Moines to protest U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the Dwight D. Opperman Lecture in Constitutional Law at Drake University on Thursday, Oct. 2.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will start at 3 p.m. in the Drake Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave., Des Moines.