OCN Is Back

After a period of hiatus, Ohio Constitution News (OCN) is back, and new items will be posted periodically.   Ohio Constitution News is a blog that tracks developments relating to the Ohio Constitution, including Ohio Supreme Court cases, ballot initiatives, state legislation, lectures, and seminars. The blog also reports on new material added to the […]

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OSBA Program on Importance of the Ohio Constitution

On Monday, October 7, 2019, in the afternoon, the Ohio State Bar Association will be sponsoring a program on The Importance of the Ohio Constitution.  The program, which was organized by Cleveland-Marshall Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass, will be held in Columbus at OSBA headquarters, and will be simulcast in Cleveland and Fairfield

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Surge in Voting Will Make Ohio Constitutional and Statutory Initiatives More Difficult

The surge in voter turnout for Ohio’s 2018 gubernatorial election will make it more difficult for Ohio voters to use both the constitutional initiative and the statutory initiative. Under Ohio’s direct constitutional initiative, amendment proponents must submit a petition with valid signatures from 10% of the voters in the most recent gubernatorial election. For the

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Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Congressional Redistricting Amendment

Ohio Issue 1, Congressional Redistricting Procedures Amendment, was approved by Ohio voters in the May 8, 2018 primary election. Official elections results show that the ballot issue was approved by 1,178,468 votes in favor to 395,088 votes against. According to the certified ballot language, available on the Secretary of State’s website: “The proposed amendment would:

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Steven H. Steinglass: “Give Ohio Voters a Chance to Update the State Constitution”

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass has published an op-ed in the December 25, 2017, Akron Beacon Journal, urging the General Assembly to give Ohio voters a chance to vote on proposals made by the Constitutional Revision Commission and its committees.  The online version of the article was also published in paper

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Ohio Voters Approve Amendment to Expand Rights of Ohio Crime Victims

On November 7, 2017, more than 82% of Ohio voters supported a proposed initiated constitutional amendment to replace Article I, Sec. 10a of the Ohio Constitution, with a new provision designed to further strengthen the rights of victims in the criminal justice process. The new provision, generally known as Marsy’s Law, seeks to expand the

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Steven H. Steinglass: How the Legislature Undercut the Work of the Ohio Constitution Modernization Commission

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass has published an op-ed in the November 16, 2017, Columbus Dispatch describing how the Ohio General Assembly undercut the work of the Ohio Constitution Modernization Commission. The General Assembly created the Commission in 2011 to provide a comprehensive bipartisan review of the Ohio Constitution and to

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