For those of you who may have missed it, Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today, September 10, 2020. Have a listen here.
Judiciary
Ohio High Court to Decide Primary Date Squabble
By Marianna Bettman on
Update: On March 27, 2020, at the request of the Ohio Democratic Party, the Court dismissed this complaint since the matter has been resolved by legislative action.
On March 17, 2020, the Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit, State ex rel. Ohio Democratic Party and Kiara Diane Sanders v. Frank LaRose, in his official capacity…
Oral Argument Preview: Are Trial Court Advisements of Potential Immigration Consequences of a Guilty Plea Sufficient to Replace Advice of Counsel? State of Ohio v. Carlos Romero
By Marianna Bettman on
Elections, Mandatory Retirements, and Oral Arguments.
By Marianna Bettman on
Barring emergencies or other unforeseen events, this is the last week the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral arguments until after the first of the year, 2019. The main reason for this is that Justice O’Donnell must retire at the end of this year because of the judicial age limits in the Ohio Constitution,…
Supreme Court of Ohio’s Handling of Cases Submitted With Then-Justice O’Neill Participating, But Released After He Left the Court.
By Marianna Bettman on
On November 2, 2017, a few days after his gubernatorial-run announcement, Justice Bill O’Neill included this in a letter to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio:
“I will not be participating in any new matters submitted to the Court from this date forward until February 7, 2018. I will continue to vote on…
Farewell to Bill O’Neill.
By Marianna Bettman on
Bill O’Neill is gone from the Supreme Court of Ohio. He left to pursue his run for governor. O’Neill’s last day was Friday, January 26, 2018, and his replacement has already been sworn in. O’Neill joined the Court on January 2, 2013, in an upset victory over then-incumbent Justice Robert Cupp. Since he arrived, O’Neill…
This Just In. Appellate Judge Mary DeGenaro Gets Bill O’Neill’s Seat on the Supreme Court of Ohio.
By Marianna Bettman on
Tomorrow, January 26, 2018, is Bill O’Neill’s last day on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mary DeGenaro, who is presently on the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown, has, as was widely expected, been appointed to the Supreme Court of Ohio today by Gov. John R. Kasich. She was sworn in this afternoon…
Commentary: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Nonpartisan Ballot for Ohio Judges in General Election
By Marianna Bettman on
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently rejected a challenge to allow party designations for judges on the general election ballot in Ohio. The case is Ohio Council 8 v. Husted, 16a0034p.06.
Ohio judicial elections have always been weird in that judicial candidates are first selected in partisan primaries, and then have…
Ohio High Court on Summer Recess.
By Marianna Bettman on
Unlike the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Ohio does not have official terms. But the Ohio high court does have an informal summer time out from hearing cases. There are no oral arguments set until September 1, 2015.
Commentary: Are Judicial Elections Different After All? Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar.
By Marianna Bettman on
Ever since the 2002 case of Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down, on First Amendment Grounds, the “announce clause” of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibited judges and judicial candidates from announcing their views on disputed legal or political issues, judicial elections have…