On April 29, 2024, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) will be sponsoring its sixth annual program on the Importance of the Ohio Constitution. This year’s program, which begins at 12:30 pm and is again a live interactive webinar, looks at home rule and the nuts and bolts of Ohio Supreme Court practice in cases […]
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From time to time, OCN will post Ohio Constitutional Stories. These will include information about important Ohio constitutional cases and issues about which most people are unaware. The first of these postings is about the origin of judicial review in Ohio. The Origin of Judicial Review in Ohio Every law student, every lawyer, and most members
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During 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court decided 23 cases that implicated directly or indirectly the Ohio Constitution. Some of these cases had detailed opinions addressing the Ohio Constitution while others only mentioned the Ohio Constitution in passing. And some cases declined to reach the state constitutional issue. These cases (and others back to 2000) are
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Have you ever wanted to access the Ohio Constitution on your cell phone or tablet? You can now do so with the Ohio Constitution App, which is available without charge. To get this App, go to the Apple App Store, search “Ohio Constitution,” and download the free user-friendly App. You can also obtain an Android
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With the approval by Ohio voters of the Reproductive Rights (formally titled “The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety”) Amendment on November 7, 2023, see Ohio Const. Art. I, sec. 22, Ohio crossed a significant threshold and now has more than 60,100 words in its oft-amended constitution, the 1851 Ohio Constitution.
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December in even-numbered years is a busy time for the Ohio Supreme Court as it rushes to decide argued cases before the biennial change in the membership of the court, and December 2022 was no exception. In December, the court decided 20 cases that directly or indirectly involved the Ohio Constitution. These and other state
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Unlike the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides, in part, that “excessive bail shall not be required,” Article I, sec, 9, of the Ohio Constitution provides not only that “[e]xcessive bail shall not be required” but also that there is an affirmative or positive (but qualified) right to bail: “A person shall be