California chief justice views Iowa vote as reason for change

The American Independent: “As The Iowa Independent previously reported, several out-of-state groups . . .  Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund — spent nearly $1 million to defeat the Iowa justices and provided unsolicited materials directly to Iowa churches in an effort to influence congregations across the state . . . Many of the organizations who were intent on influencing the Iowa judicial retention election have since earned a ‘hate group’ designation by the Southern Poverty Law Center . . . “