Those following state constitutional developments in Ohio can be read in my article on Direct Democracy: Ohio Style, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 101 (2024) (with Ernest M. Oleksy), which was published late last week. See link. The Article is an expansion of comments made in October 2023 at a Symposium on Democracy sponsored by […]

Cases to Watch is a new feature that has been added to the Ohio Constitution: Law and Historywebsite (link) and can be found by going to the Court Decisions menu on the website. Cases to Watch identifies cases that are pending in the lower courts of Ohio and that involve important state constitutional issues. The

During the last two years, Dean Emeritus/Professor Emeritus Steven Steinglass has written several guest columns on the topic of partisan gerrymandering, the most recent of which was published on June 12, 2024, by the on-line Ohio Capital Journal. This column, The Business Case for Rejecting Ohio Gerrymandering (link), addresses the history of redistricting in the

The Ohio Constitutional Law and History website (see link) has been enhanced by the addition of all joint resolutions introduced in the General Assembly since the 131st General Assembly in 2015–2016. As first adopted in the 1851 Ohio Constitution, the General Assembly may propose constitutional amendments to the voters through the use of joint resolutions, which must be

The current Ohio Constitution, the Constitution of 1851, is the sixth oldest in the country and the second oldest outside New England. States with older constitutions are: Massachusetts (1780). New Hampshire (1784), Vermont (1793), Maine (1819),and Wisconsin (1848). NOTE: Ohio voters approved the Constitution on June 17, 1851, and it became effective on September 1,