Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Dwyer

SNELL, Justice.

In this ease, we are faced with the issue of whether the Iowa Senate’s policy on release of certain long distance phone records falls within its constitutionally-granted power to determine its own rules of proceedings. The Des Moines Register sought access to detailed phone records kept by the senate and the Department of General Services and sought a declaratory judgment when the senate and general services refused to release the records at issue. The district court ruled that the senate’s policy involved a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of power to the…