Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Congressional Redistricting Amendment

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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”

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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

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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

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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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OCLH Website Posts Final Reports & Research Memoranda of Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission

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The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission has ceased to exist, eff. 6/30/2017, but its work product is available for those who care about the future of the Ohio Constitution. The final reports of the Commission and its six subject-matter committees can be viewed on the Commission website (click here) and have been posted on the OCLH

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Ohio Ballot Board Prescribes Ballot Language for Proposed Ohio Crime Victims Bill of Rights

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On August 17, 2017, the Ohio Ballot Board prescribed the ballot language for the November 7, 2017, vote on 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 system. The proposal, which will

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Ohio Supreme Court Rules Three Restrictions on Traffic Cameras Are Unconstitutional

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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on July 26, 2017 that three provisions of a 2015 state law regulating the use of traffic cameras were unconstitutional. Justice Fischer wrote the majority opinion in Dayton v. State, holding that: “R.C. 4511.093(B)(1), which requires that a law-enforcement officer be present at the location of a traffic camera, infringes

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