PLEASANT HILL, IOWA (AP) -- Bob Vander Plaats, who led the effort to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices in last month's election, wants the remaining four justices who took part in the ruling that legalized gay marriage in Iowa to step down.
The Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports that Vander Plaats says the action is required because "the people have spoken and demanded a change in leadership."
A spokesman for the judicial branch told The Gazette there was no immediate response.
Vander Plaats, a Sioux City businessman and former GOP candidate for governor, called for the justices to resign during a news conference Tuesday in Pleasant Hill, near Des Moines. He led the opposition to the court's 2009 decision into a successful effort to oust Justices Marcia Ternus, David Baker and Michael Streit.
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