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# IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Grassley Losing Some Luster With Supreme Court Nomination Stance
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/iowawatch-connection-podcast-grassley-losing-some-luster-with-supreme-court-nomination-stance/
- Published: 2016-04-18T13:00:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:30:59.000Z
- Description: There was a time when Chuck Grassley simply was known as a senator from Iowa. Now, following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, Americans in all 50 states want a piece of the senator.
- Author: Lyle Muller
- Tags: iowawatch, Uncategorized, Antonin Scalia, David Yepsen, IowaWatch Connection, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, U.S. Supreme Court, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

There was a time when Chuck Grassley simply was known as a senator from Iowa. Now, following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland, Americans in all 50 states want a piece of the senator.

![U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cd/d3/cdd3c059-8898-40b1-bcf7-cb2d3aa89775/content/images/2026/09/grassley-photo-official.jpg)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa

Grassley, who is up for re-election in November, remains steadfast about waiting until after the presidential election to hold nomination hearings.

“Chuck Grassley has been a political icon. This episode with the Supreme Court nominee has really taken some of the luster and shine off Chuck Grassley,” David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and a former *Des Moines Register* political writer, said

Listen to learn more.