Michael D. Huppert
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Michael D. Huppert is a judge of District 5C of Iowa. He was appointed to this position in December 1999.[1] He was most recently retained in 2014 for a term that expires on December 31, 2020.[2]
Elections
2014
Huppert was retained to the District 5C Court with 71.7 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Education
Huppert received his bachelor's and J.D. degrees from Drake University in 1979 and 1982, respectively.[1]
Career
Huppert was a partner of the Des Moines law firm of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker and Ordway before his judicial appointment in 1999.[1]
Awards and associations
- Member, Iowa State Bar Association
- Member, Polk County Bar Associations
- American Judicature Society
- Director, Iowa Judges Association
- Master of the Bench & former president, C. Edwin Moore American Inns of Court[1]
Noteworthy cases
Fetal heartbeat law
- See also: Iowa District Court for Polk County (Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., et al. v. Kim Reynolds, EQCE 83074)
- See also: Iowa District Court for Polk County (Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., et al. v. Kim Reynolds, EQCE 83074)
Polk County District Judge Michael Huppert ruled that a fetal heartbeat law that was supposed to take effect in July 2019 violated the Iowa Constitution.
In his opinion, Huppert wrote, "It is undisputed that the threshold for the restriction upon a woman’s fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy (the detection of a fetal heartbeat) contained within Iowa Code chapter 146C constitutes a prohibition of previability abortions. As such, it is violative of both the due process and equal protection provisions of the Iowa Constitution as not being narrowly tailored to serve the compelling state interest of promoting potential life."
Huppert wrote that supporters of the law did not show a compelling state interest for banning most abortions after detection of a fetus' heartbeat.[3]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Iowa Judicial Branch, "District Five Judges and Magistrates," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "Judges Standing for Retention November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Iowa 'fetal heartbeat' abortion restriction declared unconstitutional, struck down by Polk County judge," January 22, 2019
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa
State courts:
Iowa Supreme Court • Iowa Court of Appeals • Iowa district courts
State resources:
Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa
