Dool v. Burke

I would affirm on the same grounds as Carlson v. Wiggins, 675 F.3d 1134 (8th Cir.2012), which rejected a similar challenge to Iowa’s merit judicial selection system. The Eighth Circuit determined that Iowa’s limitation on voting for attorney members of its nominating commission to Iowa lawyers was entitled to rational basis review because the commission performs a limited purpose, affects attorneys more than others, and therefore meets the Su*793preme Court’s Salyer/Ball standard. See id. at 1140-42; see also Ball v. James, 451 U.S. 355, 370-71, 101 S.Ct. 1811, 68 L.Ed.2d 150 (1981); Salyer Land…