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Senate
Joint
Resolution
2002
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Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2002
BY
TAYLOR
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
prohibiting
the
power
of
judicial
2
review.
3
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
Section
1
of
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
3
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
4
Section
1.
Courts.
The
judicial
power
shall
be
vested
in
a
5
supreme
court,
district
courts,
and
such
other
courts,
inferior
6
to
the
supreme
court,
as
the
general
assembly
may,
from
time
to
7
time,
establish.
Except
as
provided
in
article
three
(III),
8
section
thirty-six
(36),
the
judicial
power
shall
not
include
9
the
power
of
judicial
review
to
determine
whether
a
law
passed
10
by
the
general
assembly
is
consistent
with
the
Constitution.
11
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
12
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
13
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
14
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
15
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
months
previous
to
the
16
date
of
that
election.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
21
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
that
prohibits
the
power
of
22
judicial
review.
23
The
resolution
provides
that,
except
for
the
supreme
24
court’s
review
of
an
apportionment
plan
adopted
by
the
general
25
assembly,
the
judicial
power
of
courts
shall
not
include
the
26
power
of
judicial
review
to
determine
whether
a
law
passed
by
27
the
general
assembly
is
consistent
with
the
Constitution
of
the
28
State
of
Iowa.
29
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
published
and
then
30
referred
to
the
next
general
assembly
(92nd)
for
adoption
31
before
being
submitted
to
the
electorate
for
ratification.
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