Iowa Supreme Court

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court of last resort state supreme court

The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Iowa, responsible for interpreting state law and the Iowa Constitution.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → state supreme court →
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Iowa →
appointmentBy	Governor of Iowa →
authority	Iowa Code → Iowa Constitution →
branchOf	Judicial branch of Iowa →
buildingCompletedIn	2003 →
composition	Chief justice and six associate justices →
confirmationBy	Iowa State Senate →
country	United States →
courtType	appellate court →
establishedBy	Iowa Constitution of 1846 →
establishedIn	1846 →
governs	Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure → Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure → Iowa Rules of Evidence →
handles	civil appeals → constitutional questions → criminal appeals →
hasChiefJustice	Susan Christensen NERFINISHED →
hasNumberOfJustices	7 →
hasPower	administrative supervision of Iowa courts → judicial review →
hasWebsite	https://www.iowacourts.gov →
hearsAppealsFrom	Iowa Court of Appeals → Iowa district courts →
highestCourtIn	Iowa state court system →
interprets	Iowa Constitution → Iowa state law →
judicialSelectionCommission	State Judicial Nominating Commission of Iowa →
jurisdictionType	statewide →
languageOfWork	English →
locatedIn	Des Moines, Iowa → Iowa Judicial Branch Building →
mayTransferCasesTo	Iowa Court of Appeals →
oversees	admission to the Iowa bar → attorney discipline in Iowa → regulation of the practice of law in Iowa →
partOf	Iowa Judicial Branch →
previouslyMetIn	Iowa State Capitol →
publishes	Iowa Reports →
selectionMethod	merit selection with retention elections →
state	Iowa →
termLength	8 years →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of Iowa → Iowa →	judicialBody
Des Moines, Iowa →	contains
Government of Iowa →	highestCourt