What's the matter with Iowa: Brenna Bird has turned the Attorney General's office into a clown show

 

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 1/25/2024

Since taking office in January 2023 after defeating incumbent Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa's first Republican attorney general in 44 years has kept busy litigating against the federal government, either joining cases brought by other conservative-leaning states or filing her own lawsuits. 

Bird ran for election promising the Biden administration to "see you in court," and over her first year she's done so on topics ranging from ethanol sales to cybersecurity regulations to the prosecution of former President Donald Trump. 

Her record, in cases that have reached a decision, is mixed, with wins in some cases as high up as the U.S. Supreme Court and proposed regulations withdrawn. Other arguments have been rejected by judges or overturned on appeal.

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