The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s (OCMC) Judicial Branch and Administration of Justice Committee voted yesterday to recommend repealing two sections of the Ohio Constitution which are no longer used:
- Article IV, Section 19 – Courts of Conciliation (It has never been used and not needed as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.)
- Article IV, Section 22 – Allows the governor to create a commission that would take on the Ohio Supreme Court’s backlog of cases. (The section has not been used since 1885 and is not needed.)
See Hannah News – OCMC Committee Approves Recommendations, Hears Judicial Election Proposal from O’Connor (subscription required). Cleveland-Marshall and Cleveland State students and faculty can access this article off campus using this link.