Iowa Justice defends heavily politicized Justice selection process

Des Moines Register: “Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins maintained Thursday that the state’s merit-based judge selection system is the best way to pick fair and qualified jurists . . . Wiggins will head the 15-member commission that selects finalists to replace the three ousted justices . . . 12 members of the current state nominating commission are registered Democrats, one is a Republican, and one member’s party is unknown. “