Prof. Kritzer Quoted on Judicial Elections

Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in a Pioneer Press article on this year's judicial elections. Due to Iowa's "retention" election system, three members of the Iowa Supreme Court were ousted on Nov. 2; Kritzer observed that "It was their support of gay marriage that provoked the organized camp to defeat them." Kritzer went on to note that Minnesota's courts have not yet dipped their toes into the kinds of highly controversial issues that can create an organized backlash.