Chief Justice O’Connor Delivers State of Judiciary Address
For those of you who may have missed it, Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today, September 10, 2020. Have a listen here.
Continue reading →For those of you who may have missed it, Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today, September 10, 2020. Have a listen here.
Continue reading →Update: On March 27, 2020, at the request of the Ohio Democratic Party, the Court dismissed this complaint since the matter has been resolved by legislative action. On March 17, 2020, the Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit, State ex … Continue reading →
Update: On May 15, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read an analysis of the oral argument here. On January 29, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will … Continue reading →
Barring emergencies or other unforeseen events, this is the last week the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral arguments until after the first of the year, 2019. The main reason for this is that Justice O’Donnell must retire at … Continue reading →
On November 2, 2017, a few days after his gubernatorial-run announcement, Justice Bill O’Neill included this in a letter to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio: “I will not be participating in any new matters submitted to the … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Tomorrow, January 26, 2018, is Bill O’Neill’s last day on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mary DeGenaro, who is presently on the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown, has, as was widely expected, been appointed to the Supreme Court … Continue reading →
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently rejected a challenge to allow party designations for judges on the general election ballot in Ohio. The case is Ohio Council 8 v. Husted, 16a0034p.06. Ohio judicial elections have always … Continue reading →
Unlike the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Ohio does not have official terms. But the Ohio high court does have an informal summer time out from hearing cases. There are no oral arguments set until September 1, … Continue reading →
Ever since the 2002 case of Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down, on First Amendment Grounds, the “announce clause” of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibited judges and … Continue reading →