tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47551919752731695212024-03-14T06:31:25.745-07:00Education EssayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-86658787695363652562016-05-05T13:30:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:57.928-07:00Law Day Theme – Miranda: More than Words<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1966, in the 5-4 decision of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miranda v. Arizona</i>, the Warren Court fleshed out the Fifth Amendment by requiring warnings to be given before a defendant in custody could be questioned:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">“You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney, and that if you can’t afford one a lawyer will be appointed for you before questioning.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Miranda is still vital. In the 12 years that I’ve been on the Ohio Supreme Court, we’ve cited Miranda over 275 times. The case comes up whenever statements have been made in a criminal case or someone’s questioned in custody without counsel. Judges see it in motions to suppress. </span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the Ohio Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncement, read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">State v. Barker,</i> released on April 28, 2016. Just because a juvenile was videotaped, we couldn’t say his confession was automatically voluntary. We held this statutory presumption to be unconstitutional and said that the prosecution must always prove a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver before allowing a statement into evidence.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I would like to broaden the Law Day Theme to include another protection of words. Miranda is based on the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, meaning the government can’t force speech. Conversely the government usually can’t shut us up, either. The </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First Amendment doesn’t allow government to squelch the language of a speaker, no matter how coarse, offensive, or repulsive.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The right is relevant </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during this campaign season. Americans have never been polite political animals. Insults aren’t new.</span><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> The </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">raw nerves <span style="color: #373739;">of democracy have been jangling away years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #373739;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #373739;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Campaigns of 19th Century</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1800, John Adams challenged by his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, was called a</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman." <span style="color: black;">Jefferson was called a</span> “weakling, atheist, libertine, and coward” and there were rumors of his long-term liaison with Sally Hemings. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">J</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">ohn Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson faced off twice with the first election considered by Jackson’s followers to be a “corrupt bargain” because candidate Henry Clay threw his support to Adams in exchange for the position of Secretary of State. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Their second race in 1828 was ugly. A newspaper wrote “General Jackson’s mother was a common prostitute, brought to this country by British soldiers!” Rumors swirled that Jackson’s wife Rachael was a bigamist because her divorce had not gone through when she married Jackson. Jackson was accused of adultery and living in sin. Adams was labelled a pimp, and it was said his success in Russia was a result of his providing the Czar with the services of an America woman. He was also accused of gambling in the White House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jackson won, but his wife died shortly before his inauguration. Denied a second term, Adams later became a congressman and successfully defended 39 African captives in the famous Amistad case.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1884,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Grover Cleveland dealt with the revelation that he had fathered a son out of wedlock, that the child had gone to an orphanage, and that the mother had been driven into an asylum. Even though Cleveland eventually admitted his “illicit connection” he denied fatherhood – he said he was only doing his duty in finding a home for the child and giving him his name. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Current Speech Protection</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.” Is the “marketplace of ideas” still a valid idea?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">If so, unfortunately, some of the internet’s bread is very stale and some twitter fruit is very rotten. Just look at internet comments – common civility is gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugly thoughts that may have been hidden away once now have permission to be belched out in public. And those who disagree are crudely insulted and demonized.<span style="color: #373739; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #373739; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #373739; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">When did it happen that anger, grievance, and resentment of others would drown out rational discussion? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The anti-intellectual soundbite needs to be challenged. So does the idea that any opinion, no matter how outright wrong, is just as valid as a considered judgment based in fact. And as the U.S. Supreme Court said in Citizens United, “Government can’t police the line between truth and falsity and between valuable speech and drivel.” </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since government can’t distinguish based on content of political speech, who can change the tenor of discourse? <span style="color: #373739;">Isn’t it our duty to try to encourage free exchange of ideas uninhibited by hate or rage?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #373739;"></span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #373739;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #373739; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We hear “It’s a free country,” and thank God that’s so. Law Day is a time</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> to </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">celebrate protection of “more than words” – the Miranda decision protects silence of one while in custody and the First Amendment protects our ability to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><h2 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></h2>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-34245486587702842082016-04-29T11:49:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:57.951-07:00NOTICE: Free Online Drug Court Training for Court Professionals<strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The </span></strong><a href="http://www.allrise.org/"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="color: blue;">National Association of Drug Court Professionals</span></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> released a new online course titled “</span></strong><a href="http://www.ndcrc.org/content/medication-assisted-treatment-course"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;"><span style="color: blue;">Educating Drug Courts on Medication Assisted Treatment</span></span></a><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.”</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The free course is funded by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. It’s designed to give drug and other treatment courts the tools they need to ensure best practices related to medication assisted treatment. The course includes understanding what this treatment is, how it can be used, and its legal ramifications. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The online course is timely as courts across the country will be celebrating National Drug Court Month, which begins on May 1. </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">According to the Association of Drug Court Professionals, there are more than 2,900 drug courts across the nation serving about 150,000 individuals each year.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">These courts are crucial to criminal justice reform and are often the most effective strategy to reduce substance abuse, crime, and repeat offenses. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our current opioid crisis highlights the need for access to new and creative types of treatment of drug addiction. Drug and other treatment courts </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">must ensure every participant has access to the full range of evidence-based treatment when it is determined to be medically needed.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /><h2 style="margin: 3.75pt 0in;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></h2>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-18786969128327710502016-04-07T11:22:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:57.970-07:00Thinking of International Cooperation Just this week, a judge and nine lawyers from Afghanistan were able to watch oral arguments in four cases heard by the Ohio Supreme Court in the Thomas J. Moyer Judicial Center. Afterward, the group spent time with Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor discussing the differences between the U.S. and Afghan court systems.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_DsyG6-pLfoVbgqJmV_P7ELhJs6jDSWLAyFXu5-ehf1IMLAU5CuiOQEOVTV6OEke_-9UoHAGwkTWy6nU2JAeN_0uyh8_4NsDAmCvqSCcY_gM1_Rj_P1LJUOkuPjMzmnaz-MTdqI2J0s/s1600/afgan+delegates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_DsyG6-pLfoVbgqJmV_P7ELhJs6jDSWLAyFXu5-ehf1IMLAU5CuiOQEOVTV6OEke_-9UoHAGwkTWy6nU2JAeN_0uyh8_4NsDAmCvqSCcY_gM1_Rj_P1LJUOkuPjMzmnaz-MTdqI2J0s/s400/afgan+delegates.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Both the Ohio Judicial College and National Judicial College have sponsored programs that allow judges from the United States to periodically receive judges and attorneys from other countries and sponsor them in training. Judges from Ukraine, Russia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and Serbia have toured the nation’s court system, including here in Ohio and have marveled at our Supreme Court building. </div><div><br /></div><div>Visits have varied and have included more than judges. For example, members of the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission learned about dispute resolution during a visit to Ohio in 2007. A 2009 Korean delegation studied the administration and use of jury trials. The Serbian delegation in 2012 learned about asset forfeiture, and Franklin County judges presented a program on commercial dockets to a Turkmenistan group. </div><div><br /></div><div>Twice in 1995, I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Russia and Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union to teach programs designed to introduce the U.S. legal system and encourage judicial independence. Many students were fascinated to hear that people believed in the rule of law and that American judges had no armies to enforce their opinions. They were surprised that we didn’t have to call party bosses to decide how to rule in a particular case. They were also amazed that someone could actually sue the government. </div><div><br /></div><div>So many times we take our system of law for granted. During this primary season, when politics seems to expose the rawer nerves of democracy, it’s not a bad idea to remember that when we are viewed from other places, we appear to be very fortunate and that the sharing of ideas benefits all of us.<br /><br /><span style="color: white;">d</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-23414006416344035502016-03-08T08:26:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:57.986-07:00Judicial Seats on March Primary Election BallotOne week from today, Ohioans will have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote as they go to the polls on Tuesday, March 15 for the primary election.<br /><br />In a previous post, I’ve mentioned <a href="http://www.judicialvotescount.org/">Judicial Votes Count</a> and the many resources available on the website for voters who’d like to learn more about the candidates for judge and justice. The website includes biographical information about the judicial candidates, including the candidates’ reasons for wanting to serve on the bench.<br /><br />There are 145 judicial races on next week’s primary ballot, including three on the Ohio Supreme Court. <br /><br />Twenty-seven court of appeals seats are also up for election this year. Before being elected as a Supreme Court justice, I served as a judge on the Sixth District Court of Appeals, as well as in common pleas and municipal court. I was asked to provide some insight in to the appeals court process in a video produced for the Judicial Votes Count website. That video, along with videos about the Supreme Court and common pleas courts, help voters understand the functions of each court.<br /><br /> Judges play an important role in our society by making decisions that affect our lives every day and in countless ways. Become more informed about these important offices by visiting <a href="http://www.judicialvotescount.org/">judicialvotescount.org</a>. Then, please vote!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TGCXp1MiZuU/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGCXp1MiZuU?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-55409603775153297262016-02-29T10:13:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.005-07:00Choosing a Justice – U.S. vs Ohio<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on Feb. 13 has led to much speculation about who will replace him. Based on the Constitution, justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are nominated by the president and those nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court who serve lifetime terms. Justice Elena Kagan was the last Supreme Court justice appointed to the bench back in August 2010 by President Barack Obama. The longest serving justice is Justice Anthony Kennedy, who took his seat in 1988, and was nominated by President Ronald Reagan. The newest appointed justice will become the 113th to serve on our nation’s Supreme Court.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Washington Post</i> recently published a helpful infographic that explains the path of U.S. Supreme Court appointments. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOOZ6beYp4t5ZupaInspnfQmEemTAu0bBG4Hu7gcxmEpDi1MFCyLP-32L7EQE78XT7w2ZLmGa2cW8rChTsuYk_YHChJsPDRjqLOwp45grChch93zeT2OJnVJrwuIuC-RK3fpsliLvEuw/s1600/Infographic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOOZ6beYp4t5ZupaInspnfQmEemTAu0bBG4Hu7gcxmEpDi1MFCyLP-32L7EQE78XT7w2ZLmGa2cW8rChTsuYk_YHChJsPDRjqLOwp45grChch93zeT2OJnVJrwuIuC-RK3fpsliLvEuw/s640/Infographic.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The president also nominates candidates for federal judgeships subject to the Senate’s approval. As of 2014, there are more than 625 active judges who serve federal district courts and nearly 175 judges who serve federal courts of appeals. All federal judges enjoy lifetime terms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In contrast, the seven justices on Ohio’s highest court are elected in statewide elections. We are not appointed, and we serve six-year terms before standing for re-election. </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Ohio governor can appoint a justice for vacancies that occur between elections, such as for a retirement or death</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. In the rare instance that a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court must be appointed, the governor makes the decision alone – it doesn’t have to be confirmed by the Ohio General Assembly. The same holds true for other state courts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a judge leaves in the middle of a term, the governor appoints someone to fill the vacancy until voters decide who will retain the seat in the next election. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Only 21 states have elections, both partisan and nonpartisan. Ohio has nonpartisan general elections. In 12 states, the justices are appointed for life and in the remaining 17 states the justices are elected after an initial appointment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Voters choose two Ohio Supreme Court justices at the general election in even-numbered years. In the year when the chief justice runs, voters pick three members of the Court. A person must be an attorney with at least six years of experience in the practice of law to be elected or appointed to the Court. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Three justices are up for election this year. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has no opponent, and Justice Paul E. Pfeifer and I are no longer eligible to seek re-election due to age restrictions, so our Court will welcome two new members in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now we will have to wait and see who will become the next U.S. Supreme Court justice and who will become the new justices on our state’s Supreme Court.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sources: American Bar Association and United States Courts<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/></v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:426.75pt; height:647.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\gantj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" o:title="Infographic"/></v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p><span style="color: white;">jg</span></o:p></span></div></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-49676374993092245932016-02-19T12:32:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.024-07:00Annual Report on Discipline is Released<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">Do you ever wonder what happens when a lawyer or judge does something illegal or gets into serious trouble?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In most states, there is a disciplinary group that handles complaints against lawyers and judges. Ohio is no exception. </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBvcbAMtJw9x_gQgAmInZrqlTDPHpUqvQjuS8f78NqQyOR8g0I60yYnpAqhzfjQC2CpRMAmVDn288YBx8G7napJcLIF6_QmWpy_LOilcIyJ7czwxyv3btw9DMwV9IxN3brSf8vuy80_s/s1600/IMG_9437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBvcbAMtJw9x_gQgAmInZrqlTDPHpUqvQjuS8f78NqQyOR8g0I60yYnpAqhzfjQC2CpRMAmVDn288YBx8G7napJcLIF6_QmWpy_LOilcIyJ7czwxyv3btw9DMwV9IxN3brSf8vuy80_s/s320/IMG_9437.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">The </span><a href="http://sc.ohio.gov/Boards/BOC/default.aspx"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"><span style="color: blue;">Board of Professional Conduct</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%; text-decoration: none;">, formerly called the Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline,</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="color: black;">just released its </span></span><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/Publications/BOC/2015annualRep.pdf" target="_blank" title="Link opens new window."><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"><span style="color: blue;">2015 annual report</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">on Feb. 17, noting a nearly 20 percent decrease in active pending cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This board, made up of 28 volunteer commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio, includes judges, lawyers, and members of the public. The board hears complaints against attorneys and judges for criminal behavior or for violations of the ethical codes of the Ohio Rules of Professional Responsibility and the Code of Judicial Conduct.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">Disciplinary cases can arise in a number of situations ranging from a lawyer’s neglect of client matters to a felony conviction. When a complaint is made and has probable cause, a disputed case will be heard before a hearing panel of three commissioners, who then write an opinion to present to the full board. After consideration by all commissioners, the report is certified to the Supreme Court with both panel and board recommendations. </span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">The justices will hear oral arguments about the case and then decide if the lawyer or judge will receive the recommended sanction, or a greater or lesser penalty, which might include a professional license suspension or a probationary period with conditions. License suspensions may last for six months, one or two years, or for an indefinite period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A disbarment, which is the most serious penalty available, means that the attorney or judge will never practice law in Ohio again. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">According to the 2015 annual report, there were 48 hearings and 61 certified reports and the board disposed of 102 cases, a 21.4 percent increase in dispositions from 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;">More information can be found </span><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/Boards/BOC/default.aspx"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"><span style="color: blue;">here.</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: white;">n</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-70430231918801090232016-01-11T06:45:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.043-07:002016 Civics Education Essay Contest <span style="font-family: Calibri;">The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is now accepting entries for its free 2016 Civics Education Essay Contest in honor of Law Day, May 1. This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Miranda v. Arizona</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span>the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision that mandates what notifications police must give before questioning a criminal suspect. The statements regarding the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney, among others, are commonly known as Miranda Rights.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Third through 12th graders are being asked to consider, “What are the Miranda rights and why are they important?” <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Teachers are also encouraged to incorporate the actual opinion of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miranda v. Arizona</i>into their lesson plans. The 1966 case determined that when police take a person into custody, they must be told before they are questioned of their Fifth Amendment right not to make any self-incriminating statements.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The contest is divided into three groups: 3rd-5th graders; 6th-8th graders; and 9th-12th graders. Entries for all grade levels should be typed, 100 words or less, and submitted online at </span><a href="http://www.ncsc.org/contest"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.ncsc.org/contest</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Handwritten submissions will also be accepted and may be sent to:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">National Center for State Courts<br />c/o Deirdre Roesch<br />300 Newport Ave.<br />Williamsburg, Va. 23185</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It would be great to have an Ohio student as a finalist in this national event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good luck to all!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE on <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Feb. 26, 2016.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>PRIZES:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First place winners will receive a $100 Amazon gift card.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second place winners will receive a $50 Amazon gift card. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Third place winners will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All winners will receive a classroom set of NCSC’s graphic novel coloring book series the <i>Justice Case Files.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Complete contest details are available at <a href="http://www.ncsc.org/contest">www.ncsc.org/contest</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Calibri;">b</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-20497429985548755652016-01-07T11:12:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.063-07:002015 Ohio Supreme Court Case Highlights<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we start a new year, I think it is worthwhile to review the Supreme Court of Ohio’s opinions of the last year. According to our statistics, more than 300 opinions were written. Some related to technical issues of procedure or interpretation of statutes, others covered discipline of attorneys or judges, and many dealt with the constitutional rights of those injured or accused of crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Among cases of particular interest to the public were: <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion modifying gross-sexual-imposition </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We ruled that part of Ohio’s gross-sexual imposition law was unconstitutional and struck down the provision that mandated prison terms when evidence other than the alleged victim’s testimony corroborated the offense. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-475.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">State v Bevly, <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-475</span></span></a></i>.</span></li></ul><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion on garbage search </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We held that evidence from a single trash pull was enough to find probable cause for a search warrant if it corroborates information and tips on drug activity. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-483.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">State v Jones, <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-483</span></span></a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion on a 911 recording </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In granting the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cincinnati</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enquirer’s </i>public-record request,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>we held that the recording of a 911 dispatcher’s return call to an emergency caller is a public record subject to release. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-974.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">State ex rel. Cincinnati v. Sage, <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-974</span></span></a></i>.</span></li></ul><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two opinions involving the taxing of National Football League players </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In both cases, we rejected Cleveland’s method of taxing the pro athletes based on games that were played. The tax calculation was held to violate each player’s due process rights. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-1623.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Hillenmeyer v. Cleveland Bd. of Review <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-1623</span></span></a>, <a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-1625.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Saturday v. Cleveland Bd of Review <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-1625</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></li></ul><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion on a traffic stop </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We held that a traffic stop for a minor misdemeanor made by a township police officer without statutory jurisdiction or authority violates Ohio’s constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-2438.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">State v. Brown, <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-2438</span></span></a></i>.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></li></ul><em></em><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion on charter schools</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a case stemming from ongoing litigation brought by 10 Cleveland charter schools against the companies that operated and managed them, we held that an entity managing the daily operations of a charter school has a fiduciary relationship with the school it operates. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-3716.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Hope Academy v. White Hat Mgmt. L.L.C., <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-3716</span></span></a></i>.</span></li></ul><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion on the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In one of a series of cases on the subject of fracking, we held that a lease that grants oil and gas rights to another party and was recorded with the county recorder is a title transaction, but that expiration of the lease by its terms is not. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-4551.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Chesapeake Exploration v. Buell, L.L.C., <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-4551</span></span></a></i>.</span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An opinion upholding sex-registration </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We held that a 21-year-old man who had a consensual sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl and who was categorized as a Tier II sex offender and had to verify his home address, place of employment, and school location in person every 180 days for 25 years was not subject to cruel and unusual punishment. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-4624.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">State v. Blankenship, <span style="font-style: normal;">2015-Ohio-4624</span></span></a>.</i></span></li></ul><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These, and all of our decisions, are a matter of public record on the Supreme Court's website <a href="http://www.sc.ohio.gov/">www.sc.ohio.gov</a> where you may read them in full. Our website also allows you to see and hear actual arguments of the cases online and to read previews and summaries when they are published.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-10393389831146847842015-12-15T08:27:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.087-07:00Bill of Rights Day<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Written in 1787 and ratified in 1789, the U.S. Constitution is the backbone of the three separate but equal branches of government. It was not a perfect document when first written, and has been amended 27 times throughout its 228 years of its existence. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Today we celebrate the first 10 amendments of the </span><a href="http://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/constitution/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">U.S. Constitution</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">– we know them as the Bill of Rights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Written in 1791 by James Madison, they guarantee all of our personal liberties, the freedoms that government cannot take away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you name them all? </span></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"></span></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Here is a brief summary:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzl3dLSy38UFund-lujkXofuOl37muGF5q3CO-l3TR0X1F2HC21qIA-EFIst8v9xSI-n-VgFndOegvMyigjYN1WuhJWlQAKK9DdHaBj2VtujEstZp8_7l63Ze2BzjnmYszsJ4h0EgWYs/s1600/bill+of+rights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzl3dLSy38UFund-lujkXofuOl37muGF5q3CO-l3TR0X1F2HC21qIA-EFIst8v9xSI-n-VgFndOegvMyigjYN1WuhJWlQAKK9DdHaBj2VtujEstZp8_7l63Ze2BzjnmYszsJ4h0EgWYs/s320/bill+of+rights.jpg" width="299" /></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1. the freedom of religion, speech, press, and peaceable assembly</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">2. the right to bear arms<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">3. the right not to have soldiers quartered in your home</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4. the right to be free of unreasonable search<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and seizure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5. the right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and protection against double jeopardy</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6. the rights of a criminal defendant <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><u> </u><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7. the right to trial by jury<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><u> </u><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">8. the right to bail and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><u> </u><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9. the rights listed do not deny the people other rights they retain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><u> </u><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10. the reservation of rights not granted to the federal government are left to the states or the people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">View the full text of the </span><a href="http://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/bill-of-rights/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Bill of Rights</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can find more resources about Bill of Rights Day at the </span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/news/2015/12/10/bill-rights-day-brush-your-freedoms"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">United States Court website</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: white;">z<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-92132222500402608822015-12-07T10:23:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.103-07:00Newest Series of Courthouse Videos Premieres <span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The great state of Ohio has provided a separate courthouse for each one of its 88 counties. As you will see, some of them are the most important buildings in their counties. Take the </span><a href="http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/2015/courthouseVideos_120715.asp#.VmXJ8p0o6Uk"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">video tour</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as it unfolds and wait for your own common pleas courthouse to be featured.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" scrolling="no" src="http://www.OhioChannel.org/MediaLibrary/MediaEmbed.aspx?fileId=147790&width=480&height=300" width="480"></iframe><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-42804303162877686542015-12-01T13:31:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.114-07:00Rosa Parks’ Courage <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today is the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest after she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus. Ms. Parks’ action led to the </span><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">Montgomery Bus Boycott</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> and eventually to a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court. The United States Supreme Court in </span><a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/documents_us/browder_v_gayle.htm"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">Browder v. Gayle</span></span></i></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">determined that segregated buses are unconstitutional. You may be interested in the </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">United States Courts<span style="color: #333333;">’ </span></span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/news/2015/12/01/60th-anniversary-video-recalls-how-rosa-parks-arrest-sparked-historic-ruling"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">video</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">about how Parks’ arrest sparked this historic ruling.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BTcQe4_aIpk" width="480"></iframe><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I also had the privilege of honoring Rosa Parks in 2011 in the “Power of One” celebration when the </span><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/justices/lanzinger/p1Bio.asp"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">Ohio Supreme Court’s women justices discussed</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> how one person can make a difference.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-52503072032959346972015-11-24T06:35:00.000-08:002016-06-26T11:36:58.125-07:00Federal Court Videos Look to Inspire <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The </span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">United States Courts</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">just released the newest video for its </span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/pathways-bench-video-series"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">Pathways to the Bench</span></span></i></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">series. The video series was created to inspire young adults, telling the personal stories of U.S. district, circuit, and appeals court judges from across the country. The stories reflect the influence of those who helped prepare these judges to serve on the federal bench.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/news/2015/11/23/pathways-video-judge-walton-passes-lessons-his-youth"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">Judge Reggie Walton</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,<span style="color: #333333;"> of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, spoke both about his parents and one of his teachers, a coach and history teacher, giving them credit for his success in college and later as a federal district judge. Judge Walton emphasizes that everyone will be challenged sometime in life, but that a difficult background does not need to define who a person becomes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qeiOXB9o-SU?feature=player_detailpage" width="480"></iframe><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-79978974784244128092015-10-29T06:51:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.135-07:00Use New Website to Help Make Informed Decisions <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On Nov. 3, there will be 56 municipal court judicial races in 29 Ohio counties. What do you know about the judicial candidates running for the bench in your area? <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There may be multiple judicial races in a single county and several candidates running for each of those positions. This can be confusing for voters. </span><a href="http://www.judicialvotescount.org/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">JudicialVotesCount.org</span></span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is a newly created website that will help you make an informed decision on Tuesday. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgw6CW1LYzbkHaeRgu3JPN9GGL5GxjrgidSuZV7XdimcUiNfgAcXYCzK_NJ5OU-3AKYw_zAspVoocV9nq8M9omKjapcI2YZ1YpZkIToVUC5-M6ouZpdZ_dxKJ6YGx7KT9ZIdxjjZ0qsM/s1600/vote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgw6CW1LYzbkHaeRgu3JPN9GGL5GxjrgidSuZV7XdimcUiNfgAcXYCzK_NJ5OU-3AKYw_zAspVoocV9nq8M9omKjapcI2YZ1YpZkIToVUC5-M6ouZpdZ_dxKJ6YGx7KT9ZIdxjjZ0qsM/s320/vote.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each judicial candidate has provided personal legal background details so that you can more intelligently choose the next judge in your county. The website also explains the differences among all levels of Ohio courts.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Those of you who live in Ashtabula, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Montgomery, Stark, and Summit counties have contested races – more than one person seeks the same judgeship. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Judges can make life-altering decisions that may directly affect you. Please make an informed decision on Nov. 3 and VOTE!<o:p></o:p></span><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-66394555340895959682015-10-06T06:48:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.147-07:00Students to Attend Lecture on Justice Thurgood Marshall at Moyer Judicial Center <span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More than 200 high school students are expected to hear author </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wil Haygood speak about </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American and 96th justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lecture will be held at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center as part of the Forum on the Law Lecture Series. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marshall was considered a giant in the civil rights movement and was the attorney who argued and won the U.S. Supreme Court decision <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i> (1954). Nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the U.S. Supreme Court, he became an associate justice and served 24 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6QRhyphenhyphenfaOVx4GyyVHzeAvL8ZZqT1jiwHq9KEfwgHC2JsAxYEkpwLVs6PHAWsK65pFkOPDmsB6QEWaPACeP_blC7HtkoW8atnpRmUhGn5HGOs5zyufnrgxvuiYpPzQtlT8HdshdBD7fYk/s1600/Marshall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6QRhyphenhyphenfaOVx4GyyVHzeAvL8ZZqT1jiwHq9KEfwgHC2JsAxYEkpwLVs6PHAWsK65pFkOPDmsB6QEWaPACeP_blC7HtkoW8atnpRmUhGn5HGOs5zyufnrgxvuiYpPzQtlT8HdshdBD7fYk/s200/Marshall.jpg" width="127" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice <br />Thurgood Marshall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Haygood’s book “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America” recounts the stop-at-nothing efforts by a group of Southern senators to deny Marshall’s confirmation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The history behind and culture of the 60’s are crucial to his story. </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Haygood is a Franklin Heights High School graduate and Columbus native. For three decades, he was a reporter for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Boston Globe</i> and the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Washington Post</i>, covering national and international stories. In 2008, he wrote the compelling story of Eugene Allen, the </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">White House butler who served eight presidents over 34 years, the basis </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for the 2013 award-winning movie<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> The Butler</i>. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The program will the 13th Forum on the Law lecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer established this series to reach out to the public by featuring regional or national speakers who address contemporary or historic legal topics. </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><a href="http://www.ohiochannel.org/MediaLibrary/Media.aspx?fileId=147477" target="_blank">Click here for an archived view of Mr. Haygood's presentation.</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: white; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim; mso-fareast-language: KO;">*</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-85532193620736821912015-10-01T07:58:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.158-07:00Looking at the Federal Court System<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is easy to be confused about the two separate court systems within the United States.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-Nd0cmaozWYACmGlsn5Wa7viS1zOJzbfh-lFfuWys8ECskI36SrqXNUdCZVt7_oevAT-pmfH3pvalzgdfmiOdzR4GyixEkihYLx_5ZGYdY8a-9jAjIO2S-Oimbo2jlDlSypvQ9OCmwU/s1600/fedctsystem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-Nd0cmaozWYACmGlsn5Wa7viS1zOJzbfh-lFfuWys8ECskI36SrqXNUdCZVt7_oevAT-pmfH3pvalzgdfmiOdzR4GyixEkihYLx_5ZGYdY8a-9jAjIO2S-Oimbo2jlDlSypvQ9OCmwU/s320/fedctsystem.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Online Paralegal Programs website recently released a helpful infographic about the federal court system. Remember that although most cases are handled in state courts, violations of federal law are first tried in one of 94 U.S. District Courts. These cases, can later be appealed to one of the 13 U.S. Courts of Appeal and, potentially, to the U.S. Supreme Court. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although we at the Ohio Supreme Court accept about 10 percent of cases appealed to us, the U.S. Supreme Court takes less than 1 percent. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look at the graphic of the </span><a href="http://www.online-paralegal-programs.com/federal-court-system/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Federal court system</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and compare it with </span><a href="http://sc.ohio.gov/SCO/jurisdiction/structure.pdf"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Ohio’s court system</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Notice the similarities and differences. </span></div><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-11143398277757104252015-09-10T07:20:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.168-07:00A Look Inside a Federal Courtroom<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do you think of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Law and Order</i> when it comes your knowledge of the court system? How about that other <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Judge Judy</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Good Wife</i>? Since the old days of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Perry Mason </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L.A Law</i>, people have been influenced by how these shows portray judges, lawyers, and the legal system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But everyone needs to remember that TV is entertainment, not real life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are many places to find accurate information about the courts, though. The </span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">United States Courts</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">website released a </span><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/news/2015/09/03/video-you-be-judge-gives-students-first-hand-view-sentencing"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">video</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that shows what actually happens in a federal courtroom. You can watch the students in the video as they explain a federal case and how a judge determines the final outcome. The “You Be the Judge” video series is highly recommended.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span> </div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GIcUF1LHroU" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-54754575251557208742015-09-01T08:26:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.178-07:00Judicial Votes Count<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42TZXddKVXwOncOLW_DW5TdeaHIsgd9HkwxqRHJdX76QQSqVFgsDKDjmpYDPaHoRaD9HWmXl-RKhARBIyNxdNzbtILUwsi6m7to5kkqSD1TUk9ZNOJgC_8-jcTLcN6GAPzRw0-h7PWS8/s1600/FINAL+LOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42TZXddKVXwOncOLW_DW5TdeaHIsgd9HkwxqRHJdX76QQSqVFgsDKDjmpYDPaHoRaD9HWmXl-RKhARBIyNxdNzbtILUwsi6m7to5kkqSD1TUk9ZNOJgC_8-jcTLcN6GAPzRw0-h7PWS8/s320/FINAL+LOGO.jpg" width="320" /></a>With so much focus by the national media about next year’s presidential election, it might be easy to overlook the fact that there’s an election this year. </div><br />The Nov. 3 ballot includes 56 municipal court judicial races in 29 Ohio counties. <br /><br />Unfortunately, many voters will not complete their ballot because they won’t cast a vote in the judicial races. A major reason cited for this drop-off in voting is because of a lack of information about the candidates running for judge. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.judicialvotescount.org/">JudicialVotesCount.org</a> is a new website designed to provide voters with the information they need to make an informed decision in judicial races. The candidates have provided details about their legal background and why they are running for the judgeship.<br /><br />The website also contains valuable information about the important role of judges and the duties of courts at all levels in Ohio – something that teachers might find useful in their classroom instruction.<br /><br />The website was developed by a partnership among Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, the Ohio Newspaper Association, and the Ohio Association of Broadcasters.<br /><br />Voters should consider adding JudicialVotesCount.org to their list of resources for future elections. It’s a good way to get quality information about judicial candidates.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-61278119979739008632015-08-11T06:52:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.188-07:00Ohio Lawyer Helped Write the 14th Amendment <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many prominent Ohioans have helped shape the foundation of the United States. You may not know that an Ohio congressman was the main writer of the </span><a href="http://www.14thamendment.us/amendment/14th_amendment.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Fourteenth Amendment</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to the U.S. Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXjMwcP4lBSsUyUDXjKHMhRD80Oky-4AUOh_KCKhA48ulkM3syrYmcyYjRZySm7j2NoI2za3dapAOw2e10ZBnhBoNMWJ6qI0OmC1shRWF6Uyjl1xO8T30Oa0kk4XP_YqpCedk-H6Cnz4/s1600/Bingham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXjMwcP4lBSsUyUDXjKHMhRD80Oky-4AUOh_KCKhA48ulkM3syrYmcyYjRZySm7j2NoI2za3dapAOw2e10ZBnhBoNMWJ6qI0OmC1shRWF6Uyjl1xO8T30Oa0kk4XP_YqpCedk-H6Cnz4/s320/Bingham.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John Bingham, a prominent lawyer, judge, and Ohio congressman served as a judge advocate in the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial and as a prosecutor in Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trials. He died in Cadiz, Ohio in 1900.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Although the Fourteenth Amendment has five separate sections, the words most often quoted come from section one: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This language has been interpreted many times by the U. S. Supreme Court in landmark cases such as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Plessy v. Ferguson</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Brown v. Board of Education</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Roe v. Wade</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">recently in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">Obergefell v. Hodges</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, the court relied on the amendment in a 5-4 decision that guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREk9OVc_Zb2_fX9Qp155e87_8-uLNuEcjcXPB1JtBzu3NsERRqjwZ3FtzgI32nKZ09VVt4YCqrhQs9sSwfjweHswDGiCJXNa-1lY6jsz7hwHjEcabrx7kau7qTF293EpGO3BA2LumLck/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREk9OVc_Zb2_fX9Qp155e87_8-uLNuEcjcXPB1JtBzu3NsERRqjwZ3FtzgI32nKZ09VVt4YCqrhQs9sSwfjweHswDGiCJXNa-1lY6jsz7hwHjEcabrx7kau7qTF293EpGO3BA2LumLck/s200/14.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Fourteenth Amendment was <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">passed by Congress on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868. </span>The words that John Bingham helped write have great vitality, living on nearly 150 years later. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><br /><span id="goog_852520183"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-71223233307995397562015-08-04T11:47:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.199-07:00National Judicial College Hours Count for Ohio Judges<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As students and teachers head back to the classroom over the next month, Ohio judges also have education on their minds. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Every two years, all judges in the Buckeye state must complete 40 hours of continuing judicial education. <span style="color: black;">Ten of those 40 CLE hours are required to come from instruction offered by the </span></span><a href="http://sc.ohio.gov/Boards/judCollege/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="Link opens new window."><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Ohio Supreme Court Judicial College</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Those 10 hours can now also be offered by the </span><a href="http://www.judges.org/" target="_blank" title="Link opens new window."><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">National Judicial College</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (NJC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judges can receive up to one Ohio Judicial College credit hour for each hour of instruction for a maximum of 10 Judicial College credit hours.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ohio Supreme Court recently adopted the </span><a href="http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/ruleamendments/documents/Judicial%20College%20CLE%20Requirement%20(FINAL).pdf" target="_blank" title="Link opens new window."><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">new amendment</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, which takes effect Aug. 17.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This rule will bring new opportunities to judges who wish to experience courses beyond the state level. And, I’m happy to have more Ohio judges join me in learning at the NJC. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I received my Master of Judicial Studies in 1992 from the College and University of Nevada, and later joined the NJC faculty where I teach a variety of courses including a week-long course on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ethical Issues in the Law</i> next scheduled for September 2016.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NJC courses, originally held only in Nevada, now have branched out to other locations. Subjects range from the rule of law to the newest improvements in court technology – all offering the exchange of ideas and collaboration with judges from other states.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last year the NJC celebrated its 50th anniversary </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in judicial education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-63151873301570091772015-07-22T09:59:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.210-07:00Non-Attorneys Can Now E-File with Supreme Court <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ohio Supreme Court continues to amaze me with how technology-driven it is. With the success of a pilot program that we started toward the end of last year, the court in January decided to continue allowing attorneys to e-file case information through our </span><a href="http://sc.ohio.gov/Clerk/eFiling/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">e-Filing Portal</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Not only does this save attorneys from having to drive to Columbus to file cases, it also saves quite a few trees along the way. <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, starting today, the court is allowing self-represented litigants to e-file documents. We justices recently approved the </span><a href="http://www.supremecourtofohio.gov/ruleamendments/documents/Non-Attorney%20e-filing%20Amendments%20(FINAL).pdf"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">new rules</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since Jan. 5, 72 percent of all attorney filings have been sent through the e-Filing Portal, and I’m sure non-attorneys will be following suit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch below to learn more about this convenient, cost-efficient way to file and the specific guidelines that non-attorneys should know if they’re filing electronically.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" scrolling="no" src="http://www.OhioChannel.org/MediaLibrary/MediaEmbed.aspx?fileId=146938&width=480&height=300" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-65086668247195647752015-07-21T10:18:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.219-07:00Offering a Second Chance<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Big mistakes often have serious consequences, but sometimes it’s possible for a second chance to give hope to those who need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One court in Ohio is doing just that. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s not quite a </span><a href="http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/JCS/specDockets/default.asp" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue;">specialized docket</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – like the Veterans, Drug, and Mental Health courts – but the Allen County Juvenile Court is helping teens and young adults get their lives back on track through a treatment program.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The juvenile court judge and a team of specialists are giving 14- to 21-year-olds a chance to avoid placement in a detention facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They enter a treatment program that focuses on <span style="color: black;">changing personal attitudes and correcting the behaviors that would put them behind bars. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Allen County program gives the teens a second chance at life, and u</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sually by the time they finish, they will have gone through more than 200 hours of counseling and meetings with treatment specialists. Two Lima teens are featured in the video below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" scrolling="no" src="http://www.OhioChannel.org/MediaLibrary/MediaEmbed.aspx?fileId=146955&width=480&height=300" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-50136148062576250262015-06-29T12:45:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.229-07:00A Focus on Families and AddictionOhio has 110 juvenile court judges who preside over some of the hardest decisions a judge has to make – those in cases of child abuse and neglect.<br /><br />Many families who come before the judges are there because of problems that stem from addiction.<br /><br />Juvenile court judges from 56 Ohio counties joined substance abuse treatment providers, child welfare advocates, and other community partners recently at a one-day symposium to discuss how parents and children in their communities are affected by addiction. <br /><br />The Ohio Supreme Court, along with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities, assembled a group of community partners for the <a href="http://www.oacbha.org/2015_judicial_symposium.php">2015 Judicial Symposium on Addiction and Child Welfare</a> on June 23.<br /><br />Each county team developed action plans to ensure that families receive treatment intervention and the judicial oversight, and support they need to continue their recovery.<br /><br />Last year, common pleas court judges participated in a similar event.<br /><br />A new video, “Let’s Treat it Together,” introduces an explanation of the science of addiction and the response of courts who are addressing a solution. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor explains in the video how we all must work together on this problem. Let’s all join the chief justice in that call for action. The future of our children is at stake.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_uyp7WqwHc/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y_uyp7WqwHc?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-36141988444063750102015-05-28T10:24:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.238-07:00Moot Court vs. Mock Trial – What’s the Difference? <span style="line-height: 115%;">Mock trial, moot court – two competitions and two high-school-team winners. Do you know the difference between these two programs?</span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><strong>Mock Trial</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">A “mock” trial means a trial acted out by students as if they were trying a case before a judge or jury. Students play all parts in the trial as attorneys, clients, and witnesses. Opening statements, direct and cross examination, and closing arguments are all part of the mock trial. </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">I</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">n March, 300 high school students from 32 teams competed in a three-day mock trial event. At the 32nd Annual High School Mock Trial Competition, Westerville North High School defeated Ashland High School. Westerville North, by the way, continued in the competition to place 10th at the National High School Mock Trial Championship earlier this month. Congratulations, Westerville North!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span> </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong>Moot Court</strong></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The word moot means “in dispute,” and this program differs from portrayal of a trial because it allows students to act as attorneys for an appeal. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The moot court experience lets students handle an appeal of a simulated case that has already been tried. A losing party to a case always has the right to appeal to one of the 12 appellate courts in Ohio, and a panel of three judges will make a decision based on the written papers (briefs) and the oral arguments of the attorneys. There are no witnesses, just the attorneys arguing their legal positions to the judges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The student-lawyers in moot court argue for the appellant (who wants reversal) or the appellee (who wants the decision affirmed.) <span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Springfield High School students recently won the second annual Moot Court Competition where </span>more than 100 students representing 16 high schools across Ohio appeared before a panel of judges and lawyers and argued their cases as appellate attorneys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hooray, Springfield! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> sponsors these programs and hosts the civic competitions for students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers should know that younger students can benefit from studying the court system as well. OCLRE has started hosting a middle school mock trial showcase where students learn about the roles of judges, attorneys, and witnesses from classic books read in school when they act out the characters in a legal setting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">The Ohio Supreme Court supports OCLRE along with the ACLU of Ohio Foundation, the Attorney General’s Office, the Ohio State Bar Foundation, and the Ohio State Bar Association.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-9936190374186803442015-05-15T12:17:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.248-07:00iCivics Website Unveiled <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Former senator and astronaut John Glenn and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor teamed up to launch iCivics Ohio and just unveiled a new website designed to bring students up to speed on civic education.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Glenn and Justice O’Connor are concerned with lack of knowledge students have about government and citizenship. The website makes sure civic education isn’t an afterthought for schools and their students.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Ohio students will have the opportunity to access digital civic-education lesson plans made specifically for teachers.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As you may know, I’m an </span><a href="https://www.icivics.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">iCivics</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">representative for the state of Ohio, so this program is very near and dear to my heart.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Please click </span><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/05/15/glenn-helps-unveil-civics-website.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to read more about the website. And leave a comment below if you have any questions about the program.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr9q8xIFPaCN9z4iwXMGtQPmpAh9gRtlPRPDGB02VN4SNTh178AcZEKw_2rvarVCUO10qdlZcPGAVkKC34nyh25ZC8vfscKDu4OV4QZ8a_gBl9o3CxTX6gNzLrB_LRIPbghM6kB5Mub4/s1600/iCivicsLogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr9q8xIFPaCN9z4iwXMGtQPmpAh9gRtlPRPDGB02VN4SNTh178AcZEKw_2rvarVCUO10qdlZcPGAVkKC34nyh25ZC8vfscKDu4OV4QZ8a_gBl9o3CxTX6gNzLrB_LRIPbghM6kB5Mub4/s1600/iCivicsLogo.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755191975273169521.post-46456387222111790822015-05-12T13:08:00.000-07:002016-06-26T11:36:58.260-07:00What is a Crime? <span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every state has its own answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Ohio, a crime is defined as specific conduct that is subject to punishment either as a felony or misdemeanor – either for doing something forbidden (such as murder or theft) or for not doing something required (such as failing to register as a sex offender).<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are expected to know what a crime is so they know how society expects them to behave. Generally, crimes in Ohio are set forth as laws – called “statutes” in Title 29 of the Ohio Revised Code – but these statutes are not always easy to read and understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The 130th General Assembly recognized this and created </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">the Ohio</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Criminal Justice Recodification Committee</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">, a special 24-member committee </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to work on a comprehensive plan for revising criminal laws. Judge Fred Pepple of Auglaize County Common Pleas has been elected Chair and Tim Young of the Ohio Public Defender’s Office as Vice-Chair. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor appointed me to be a member of this committee.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">On May 7, 2015, the committee </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">held its first meeting. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am. Sub. H.B. 483 instructs us to study current criminal statutes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>recommend Ohio’s Criminal Code with the goal of “enhancing public safety and the administration of criminal justice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to complete our work by August 2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a big and important project, and if the job is done well, changes will be recommended to make our criminal laws fairer and simpler to read and understand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429528294085417591noreply@blogger.com0