In 2019, the Iowa legislature moved the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, form August to March. That same year, the Libertarian Party filed a federal lawsuit against that change.
Both sides asked for summary judgment on March 3, 2021. The magistrate judge who is handling the case has not acted, and it is virtually ten months since those briefs were filed.
That’s the thing about DEMOCRACY. Judges aren’t held accountable. If they faced a firing squad for things like this they would act quicker.
It would provide good incentive for focus if their feet could be literally held to the fire. You may say, not entirely without justification, that this would give a leg up, so to speak, to those with artificial limbs, but I would counter that replacing a prosthetic is not very cheap or easy, even on a judge’s salary. If you further argue that this would advantage those who are already wealthy and don’t actually need their judicial salary, I have to resort to pointing out that merely getting used to a new prosthetic is a process involving a not insignificant amount of time and discomfort, and even waiting to have it delivered is a great inconvenience, especially if there are supply chain issues, or if the wrong one gets shipped to you the first time out.
That’s the thing about OLIGARCHY-MONARCHY. FED Judges aren’t held accountable – BEING APPOINTED FOR *GOOD BEHAVIOR* [AKA LIFE] — COPY OF THE BRIT ROT — CIRCA 1760.
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NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF ALL JUDGES MAX 4/6 YEAR TERMS.