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Nov 28, 2023 · In a drastic change from previous rulings, a partisan majority on the Ohio Supreme Court chose to leave Statehouse redistricting maps in place for 2024 and beyond, denying a challenge to the constitutionality of the newest maps.
Nov 28, 2023 · The decision means the commission’s new maps will be in place through 2030, unless opponents file a new suit or voters pass changes to Ohio’s redistricting system that backers are working to ...
- What Did The Majority Say?
- What Did The Minority Say?
- What Did The Chief Say?
Who wrote the majority opinion? Justice Melody Stewart, a Democrat. Who joined it? Democrats Jennifer Brunner and Michael Donnelly and Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican. What were the key points? 1. The Ohio Constitution required mapmakers to attempt to match the statewide voting preferences of voters over the past decade. That amounts t...
Who wrote the minority opinion? Justice Sharon Kennedy, a Republican. Who joined it? Justices Patrick Fischer and Patrick DeWine, both Republicans. What were the key points? 1. The majority ignores limits on the court's authority "in favor of its own policy preferences." 2. Nothing in the Ohio Constitution supports a mandate for "proportional repre...
O'Connor, who was the swing vote in the decision, had a message for Ohio voters: You can go back to the ballot to change the process again. Voters approved the current process in 2015. At the time, advocates said the new system would foster bipartisanship and compromise. O'Connor said Ohio Redistricting Commission, comprised of three statewide elec...
Oct 9, 2023 · COLUMBUS, Ohio—Three legal challenges to Ohio’s new state legislative redistricting plan have now been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, all claiming that the new maps unfairly favor...
Jan 14, 2022 · On Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a new map of the state’s 15 congressional districts as gerrymandered, sending the blueprint back for another try. The 4-3 decision returns the process to the powerful Ohio Redistricting Commission. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)
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Jun 30, 2023 · The nation’s high court directed Ohio’s top court to reassess the case in light of its ruling Tuesday in a North Carolina redistricting case. Justices in that instance rejected an expansive version of the so-called independent state legislature theory , which holds that legislatures have absolute power in setting the rules of federal ...
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Nov 28, 2023 · COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s new legislative redistricting plan, dismissing lawsuits filed by Democratic and good-government groups claiming the...
