Iowa Department of Transportation v. Iowa District Court

I respectfully dissent.

This ease has taken on a life of its own bursting beyond the confines of its simplistic origin. From a minor criminal case the Iowa Department of Transportation has spawned a plethora of legal issues all designed to protect its territory. It complains that the district court has usurped its authority over the domain of drivers’ licenses seized to it by the legislature.

The DOT attacks the authority of the district court in a criminal case to make any ruling involving the DOT’s administrative act of revoking drivers’ licenses. Though the district court is a court of…