With the Iowa Supreme Court set to return to its full complement of seven members, some are wondering whether efforts to oust justices who supported a gay marriage ruling will resume.
Gov. Terry Branstad last week appointed three people to the court, filling vacancies that arose when voters chose not to retain three judges who had supported a unanimous 2009 decision that found a state law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples violated the Iowa Constitution.
Another justice who backed the ruling — David Wiggins — will be up for a retention vote in 2012, and justices Brent Appel, Mark Cady and Daryl Hecht will be on the ballot in 2016.
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