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Judging Judges: Recommendations for Retention

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Early voting has begun in Iowa! On the ballot are several judges up for retention. In Iowa, we have a say in who serves on our courts. It’s sometimes confusing to know how to vote on these matters. This guide may be helpful.

Judges are officially non-partisan positions and so the Warren County Republicans don’t have formal endorsements. However, Donald Bohlken, an attorney and retired Administrative Law Judge with the Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals, has made the following recommendations:

It’s important for conservatives to vote up and down the ticket. The “bottom” of the ticket still matters and has a profound impact on our communities.

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2 responses to “Judging Judges: Recommendations for Retention”

  1. Donald W. Bohlken Avatar
    Donald W. Bohlken

    A letter was written to the Indianola Independent Advocate condemning me for daring to suggest that no judge who supported the Democratic Party should be voted favorably for retention.

    I wrote an extensive comment explaining that I questioned the judgement of any judge who supported the Democratic Party because of that party’s prosecutors using lawfare to corrupt the legal system and attack their opponents. I later submitted a short comment indicating that Republican judges are more likely to be pro-life.

    The Advocate printed the short comment on pro-life, but not the long one on lawfare. Because the length of the comment, I submitted a shorter comment on lawfare and hope it will be published. I believe all my comments complied with the Advocates new rules on “civility” .

    This demonstrates why we need “Warren’s Voice”.

    Here is my shorter comment on lawfare:

    I question the judgment of any judge who supports the Democratic Party, whose prosecutors are the authors of lawfare which uses the legal system to persecute political opponents. Obviously, a judge’s clear-eyed judgment is a key requirement for the position. Judges should care about such abuses including:

    1. The prosecution of Donald Trump by Democrat prosecutor Alvin Bragg which yielded multiple violations of the Constitution and law. As I have written before, “Many distinguished attorneys, including law professors Alan Dershowitz and Jonathan Turley, former federal prosecutors Jay Town and Francey Hakes, describe this trial, it’s bizarre legal basis, and verdict as a sham.  Alan Dershowitz has written: ‘Every American should be appalled at this selective prosecution.’”

    2. The FBI home raid and arrest and DOJ prosecution against Mark Houck, a Catholic pro-life sidewalk counselor who defended his 12 year old son and pushed an abortion “escort” who told them to go home and perform a sex act. Even the presiding judge expressed surprise at this prosecution. Houck was acquitted.

    3. The DOJ’s decision to not prosecute President Biden for violations of the laws safeguarding classified documents while pursuing such charges against President Trump. After this, Professor Jonathan Turley, of George Washington Law School, had to admit there is a two tiered system of justice used to persecute opponents of the Biden Harris Administration.

    Those interested may view “The Persecution of Donald Trump,” a Newsfront documentary on Newsmax at 8 p.m. tomorrow night, Sunday, October 26, 2024, on Dish Channel 216.

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