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On January 23, 2019, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor convened a task force to examine the Ohio bail system. Read about that from Court News Ohio here. In light of this initiative, I have asked prominent Cincinnati criminal defense attorney Bill Gallagher to write a guest post on the…
Should Justice Pat DeWine have recused himself in cases in which the Attorney General’s office, led by his father, either appeared as a party, or as an amicus? On November 9, 2018, a three-judge hearing panel unanimously said no, and dismissed a complaint filed January 30, 2018 by Bradley N. Frick, a Columbus attorney appointed…
Since the departure of former Justice Bill O’Neill in January, it’s been an all-Republican Supreme Court of Ohio, although there is often significant difference in viewpoint among those Republicans. Take the rights of juveniles, for example. There’s still a big split on those cases, with Chief Justice O’Connor leading the charge in recognizing all the…
With another election day almost upon us, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has produced a splendid white paper and proposal entitled “Choosing State Judges: A Plan for Reform.” The Brennan Center is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
According to the…
With another election day almost upon us, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has produced a splendid white paper and proposal entitled “Choosing State Judges: A Plan for Reform.” The Brennan Center is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
According to the…
Motions for reconsideration are not supposed to be a re-hash of arguments already made and lost. In fact, the Supreme Court of Ohio has a rule on that which says, “A motion for reconsideration shall not constitute a re-argument of the case.” When I was on the court of appeals, that’s what most of them…
On October 29, 2017, then-Justice Bill O’Neill announced his intent to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary May 8, 2018. He also announced a platform which included “legalization of recreational marijuana, a higher minimum wage, a decrease in in-state tuition, and the funding of mental health institutions across the state.”
Rule 4.5 of the Ohio…
Remember Alva Campbell? He was a decrepit 69-year-old inmate on death row, who was supposed to be executed on November 15, 2017. Campbell committed heinous crimes, no question about it. But he had also been in miserable health, using a walker to get around, apparently suffering from lung cancer, COPD, respiratory failure, and prostate cancer.…
Bill O’Neill is gone from the Supreme Court of Ohio. He left to pursue his run for governor. O’Neill’s last day was Friday, January 26, 2018, and his replacement has already been sworn in. O’Neill joined the Court on January 2, 2013, in an upset victory over then-incumbent Justice Robert Cupp. Since he arrived, O’Neill…
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill announced today, December 8, 2017, that he will leave the Court on January 26, 2018, to pursue his run for governor. O’Neill has been criticized from many quarters for staying on the Court after announcing his candidacy for a partisan political office.
O’Neill had also previously said that if…
