Supreme Court ruled former Republican Governor Terry Branstad did not push to remove a state official from his job because he is gay, in a decision that overturned a prior jury verdict.Branstad tried to oust then-Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey, a Democrat, from his position and the court ruled there was no evidence Branstad knew Godfrey was gay prior to pushing for his resignation in 2011 and significantly decreasing his salary.A 2019 verdict found Branstad guilty of violating the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Godfrey was awarded $1.5 worth of compensation for emotional distress, according to the Associated Press."This partisan lawsuit was nothing short of an attempt to tarnish Gov.