Marsha K. Ternus is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from September 7, 1993, to December 31, 2010. As a Justice, Ternus was part of the unanimous Iowa Supreme Court ruling legally recognizing same-sex marriage in Iowa, and was removed from office after a judicial retention election, following campaigning by groups opposed to same-sex marriage including the National Organization for Marriage. In 2012, Ternus received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, along with fellow Justices David L. Baker and Michael Streit.
From 2013 to 2016, she was Director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy.
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Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court
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Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States
Year of birth missing (living people) Chief Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court Drake University Law School alumni University of Iowa alumni 20th-century American women judges 20th-century American judges 21st-century American women judges 21st-century American judges Iowa Women's Hall of Fame Inductees