On January 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Banks-Harvey 2018-Ohio-201. Justice O’Neill wrote the lead opinion of the court, joined in full by Justices French and Fischer. Justice Kennedy concurred in judgment only, with a separate opinion.  The four of them agreed that the

Update: On January 16, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“Our concern isn’t the overriding purpose of the policy, our concern is the overriding purpose of the Constitution…”

Justice French

On April 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in