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Update-Because this election was so close, an automatic recount took place. It’s now official and final (as of May 17, 2012). Tracie Hunter won by 74 votes, so she picked up a few.
After more than year of wrangling, it’s now official–Tracie Hunter has won the Hamilton County Juvenile Court race by 71 votes. If…
Read the update on the fate of this mandamus action here.
On April 18, Tom Niehaus, President of the Ohio Senate, and Lou Blessing, a State Representative and Speaker Pro Tem, filed an original action in mandamus in the Supreme Court of Ohio against Secretary of State Jon Husted challenging a Consent Decree (“NEOCH…
Further Update: On June 26, 2012, the Hamilton County Board of Elections voted 4-0 to drop its appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on the merits of this decision.
Update: On April 17, the Board of Elections voted to implement Judge Dlott’s order to count the ballots.
The race for a judgeship on…
While our politics differ, I share a legal passion with Judge Jeff Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit—the underappreciated subject of state constitutional law. This was Judge Sutton’s topic at a lecture he gave at the Supreme Court of Ohio April 4 as part of the Forum on the Law…
While our politics differ, I share a legal passion with Judge Jeff Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit—the underappreciated subject of state constitutional law. This was Judge Sutton’s topic at a lecture he gave at the Supreme Court of Ohio April 4 as part of the Forum on the Law…
Further Update: This rule went into effect July 1, 2012.
Update: Here is the rule that actually got sent to the General Assembly. It’s a compromise, but I think it has a number of plusses. Thanks to Kim Brooks Tandy of the Children’s Law Center for sending this over.
RULE 3. Waiver of Rights
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Update: The suspense (if there ever really was any) is over. On February 21, Secretary Husted broke the tie by siding with the Republicans to allow the appeal of Judge Dlott’s decision to count addtional provisional ballots in the Hamilton County Juvenile Court election.
Read what the Secretary had to say here. The appeal was…
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a quick decision on the constitutionality of law enforcement placing a GPS tracking device on the undercarriage of a suspect’s car without a warrant. The case, U.S. v. Jones, just argued in November, was decided January 23. All nine justices agreed this was unconstitutional. But they split…
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a quick decision on the constitutionality of law enforcement placing a GPS tracking device on the undercarriage of a suspect’s car without a warrant. The case, U.S. v. Jones, just argued in November, was decided January 23. All nine justices agreed this was unconstitutional. But they split…
Update: Ohio Attorney General DeWine appealed the stay of execution order in the Lorraine case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to lift the stay of execution.
As I have previously written here and here, Justice Paul Pfeifer has really stepped up his public criticism of Ohio’s…
