Power-drunk Vander Plaats demands all remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices resign; ACLU calls demand an irresponsible 'desire for revenge'; Court 'chooses not to respond'

Note: above frame shows former Iowa Supreme Court justice Mark McCormick, who opposes
Vander Plaats' efforts

Pugnacious Iowa troglodyte Bob Vander Plaats, who led the effort to remove three Iowa Supreme Court justices during the last election, has demanded that the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices resign. As of 6:00 pm Wednesday, KCCI was running a poll on whether they should do so here. (Hint, hint.)

Ben Stone, the director of the ACLU of Iowa, replied:

“Bob Vander Plaats’ recent demand that the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices resign is irresponsible. It does nothing to promote good government or the quality of justice in Iowa. Instead, it suggests a desire for revenge.
     Calling for these resignations is premature. These four justices will eventually come up for retention votes. Until those elections take place, the justices should do their jobs to the best of their abilities. Calling for their resignations now demonstrates little more than a push for retribution.
     Urging resignations also is irresponsible. The current court has been gutted by nearly half, slowing important cases and disrupting the ability of this critical court to function.
     It’s also just plain unwarranted. These justices, no matter what one thinks of marriage equality, were simply doing their job–applying the Iowa Constitution to the best of their ability.
     More than a half-century ago, state supreme courts across the country were making highly unpopular decisions on racial and gender equality, including the desegregation of schools and other public places. Those justices, too, were simply doing their job to determine equality under the law despite the lack of a contemporary popular mandate.”

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Steve Davis, a spokesman for the Iowa Judicial Branch, said “the court chooses not to respond” to Vander Plaats’ comments.
     Vander Plaats' bid for governor, despite his endorsement by martial artist and actor Chuck Norris, ended in defeat during the primary by now Gov.-Elect Terry Branstad.

     The finance chairman of the Vander Plaats for Governor Council of Advisors was Mike Wells, President of Demand Group at his family's business, Wells' Blue Bunny Dairy, in Le Mars, Iowa.