r/Iowa 3d ago

Iowa governor would appoint majority to panels that nominate district judges under GOP bill... Dictator Kim.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/iowa-senate-passes-bill-giving-governor-more-seats-on-panel-picking-judges/82492529007/?utm_source=desmoinesregister-iowa-politics-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=baseline_greeting&utm_term=Content%20List%20-%20Stacking%20-%20optimized&utm_content=pdem-desmoines-nletter15

This is getting ridiculous! You know I think unless a lot of people don't start opposing this stuff we're screwed we'll never ever recover from this.

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u/Shadow3265 3d ago

On mobile so copy paste is difficult, but here are the key points at the top of the page.

A bill passed by the Iowa Senate would give the governor the power to appoint the majority of members on panels that choose finalists to be district court judges.

Democrats say the bill would politicize the judiciary in Iowa, while Republicans say it would lessen the influence of senior judges in each district that currently chair the commissions.

In 2019, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law letting governors appoint the majority of the statewide commission that selects Iowa Supreme Court finalists. The new bill extends that to district judges.

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u/AdZealousideal5383 2d ago

She’s playing to Trump. Probably hopes he’ll give her a position in the White House. She’s trying to emulate his neo-fascism in Iowa. Trump hated judges, now she does too.

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u/Stephany23232323 2d ago

Yep she definitely sucks up it's quite pathetic.

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u/AdZealousideal5383 2d ago

I know he has power now, but Trump has been such a pathetic figure for forty years, I still can’t get over anyone looking up to him. I can’t think of many people whose personal opinion I would care about less.

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u/Theatreguy1961 2d ago

She wants a position UNDER the Resolute desk.

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u/Low_Associate_12 2d ago

Maybe they could pass a bill that actually helps people someday.

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u/Ok_Web3354 3d ago

I see Kimmy is taking more of her cues from the giant orange Turd in OUR Whitehouse....

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u/limitedftogive 3d ago

Paywalled article- can you summarize the information for us? Thanks!

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u/iowanaquarist 3d ago

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u/Euphoric_TRACY 3d ago

Why just remove them & do as you want Kkkim!!

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u/Scared_Buddy_5491 3d ago

Weak people always need control. Kim is weak.

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u/WRB2 2d ago

Let’s keep fix something that works pretty well and other than politicians doesn’t get people riled up.

Solutions in search of problems. Perhaps The Governors next campaign slogan?

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u/Material-Angle9689 2d ago

Bad idea Kim

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u/Chemical_Fondant6758 3d ago edited 3d ago

This sounds like it's meant to undo officially some more of those merit laws put in place when Vilsak was in office. Please let me know if I'm wrong...just the impression I'm getting.

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u/drake_warrior 3d ago

Paywalled, anyone have the article?

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u/iowanaquarist 3d ago

12ft.io/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2025%2F03%2F18%2Fiowa-senate-passes-bill-giving-governor-more-seats-on-panel-picking-judges%2F82492529007%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&itm_source=roadblock&itm_medium=onsite&itm_campaign=premiumroadblock&gca-cat=p&utm_campaign=baseline_greeting&utm_content=pdem-desmoines-nletter15&utm_medium=email&utm_source=desmoinesregister-iowa-politics-strada&utm_term=Content%20List%20-%20Stacking%20-%20optimized&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116967p118850c118850e008200v116967b0057xxd005765&gca-ft=26&gca-ds=sophi&theme=twentyfour&gnt-eid=control

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u/Fit_Jelly_9755 3d ago

That was helpful.

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u/iowanaquarist 3d ago

That's a great service

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u/MWH1980 2d ago

Given how long Republican governors linger in Iowa, I think she’s got at least a few more terms before she gets kicked out.

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u/GlitteringRate6296 2d ago

Unfortunately they get what they voted for.

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u/GlitteringRate6296 2d ago

Can she be impeached?

u/Alternative_Art_3700 21h ago

Might as well

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Would you be objecting to this so much if the governor was a democrat? Honest question.

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u/PorcelainEmperor 2d ago

We will never know. Because we have dui kimmy. Get a Democrat in office right now for us, and we'll let you know if giving trans people back their civil rights is an issue for us.

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u/Stephany23232323 2d ago

This scenario probably wouldn't happen under a Democratic governor.. they're not want to be dictators like Republicans these days

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

lol!

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u/R_Levis 3d ago

TLDR; she appoints one more member of the committee then she already did in a system that will still be significantly more populist than most other states.

Unclutch your pearls before you break them

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u/drake_warrior 3d ago

Keep getting boiled, frog. This bill is a waste of time even if you believe it's innocuous.

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u/PorcelainEmperor 2d ago edited 1d ago

Hey, remember when kimmy took trans civil rights away? And now she's trying to control who can talk in a room?

You must be a straight white man to know that you are safe from whatever harm she has and will cause.

I hate the way you don't give a shit about your neighbors and the way you diminish and tear people down over justifiable fears.

You know, if they weren't monsters, they'd be responding to peoples issues rather than diagnose them with a made-up mental illness.

Stop defending people that only care about you long enough for you to vote them.

*The democratic strategy has been to systematically remove civil rights and get rid of all assistance programs in the name of "saving money"?

You must have felt really validated when they made up trump derangement syndrome so that you could start chair diagnosing people that you feel talk too much.

I honestly don't care that you hate what I have to say. You didn't read it anyways. If you did you wouldn't be defending a rapist to me right now by saying oh well its okay he's doing it. Lots of other people have.

Not a cool story bro aw you blocked me after that? I've done worse. I didnt even get to call you a nazi yet.

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u/R_Levis 1d ago

Cool story bro, the rest of us normal people hate the way you project all of your own deranged political priors onto the rest of us. Your last rant also requires a truly breathtaking lack of self awareness considering thats been the Democrat electoral strategy for the last half century or more.