Ohio Constitution News (OCN) is a blog that tracks developments relating to the Ohio Constitution, including Ohio Supreme Court cases, ballot initiatives, state legislation, lectures, and seminars. The blog also reports on new material added to the Ohio Constitution: Law and History website and other items of interest concerning state constitutional law and the Ohio Constitution. Developed by Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass and maintained by the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library, OCN is not affiliated with the Ohio Supreme Court or with the State of Ohio.
Posted in Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, Posts on Nov 4th, 2022
The Court Decisions involving Ohio constitutional issues has been updated to include the balance of cases through the end of October 2022. In addition, the Pipeline has been updated, effective November 1, 2022, to reflect cases pending before the Ohio Supreme Court that involve issues under the Ohio Constitution.
Posted in Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, Posts on Mar 27th, 2022
Ohio courts are not bound by the case or controversy requirements of Article III of the U.S. Constitution in determining whether cases in the Ohio courts are justiciable, but they are free to look to federal principles in developing state justiciability requirements, including the ripeness requirement. Under the Reagan Tokes Law, O.R.C. 2967.271, which became […]
Posted in Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, Posts on Mar 22nd, 2022
Unlike the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides, in part, that “excessive bail shall not be required,” Article I, sec, 9, of the Ohio Constitution provides not only that “[e]xcessive bail shall not be required” but also that there is an affirmative or positive (but qualified) right to bail: “A person shall be […]
Posted in Upcoming Seminars on Mar 20th, 2022
The Ohio State Bar Association is sponsoring its fourth annual program on The Importance of the Ohio Constitution: Who Decides? Constitutional Rights in Criminal and Civil Cases. The seminar is scheduled for the afternoon of Monday, April 4, 2022, at the Ohio State Bar Association, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus 43204. This year’s program […]
Posted in Ballot Initiative News, Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, Posts on Dec 22nd, 2021
The year 2021 represents the third consecutive year in which Ohio voters were not presented an opportunity to vote on any proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution. In the first two decades of the 21st century, Ohio voters approved 18 of 31 proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution. Of the 31, 16 were proposed by […]
