“If we participate, if we try to get the best government we can, maybe we get a good government,' he said. 'Maybe we won't, but you can't win if you don't play.”
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court sprung into the national spotlight during the now-going-on-one-year redistricting battle. But the court is much more than just that, which is why advocates are urging voters to care about the open seats.
"A rogue, very rogue current Supreme Court with their redistricting, they caused so much chaos with what they did," Tamburello said. The Ohio Supreme Court rejected legislative maps for being unconstitutional and gerrymandered for a fifth time in May. In the bipartisan majority statement, O'Connor said the Republicans"engaged in a stunning rebuke of the rule of law" by refusing to create legal maps.
"Probably from the perspective of the law, it is really kind of unconstitutional to look at race as a part of the factor to make decisions, but things have changed," Geography Professor at Ohio State University Dr. Ningchuan Xiao said."The Voting Rights Act, actually because of that act, the Supreme Court actually allows certain states to design districts now to focus on race."
"One possible explanation is that [the Republican members of the ORC] were trying to run out the clock this year knowing that there would be at least one new justice next year who could make a difference in what the court would wind up doing with the maps," Entin said. Now, a state court in Hamilton County is taking over. This could lead to the law being blocked while it is under review.LGBTQ+ rights
The Save Women's Sports Act, H.B. 151/61, would prohibit transgender girls and women from participating in athletics with cisgender girls and women. The bill as written would require genital inspections for anyone"suspected" of being trans. In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that SCOTUS should also reconsider landmark cases such as the right to marry someone or engage in private sex acts with someone of the same sex. In addition, he also suggested looking into birth control decisions.
In a News 5 exclusive, U.S. Senator Rob Portman feared the marriage equality act he is cosponsoring doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate.Democrats want to keep rights for the LGBTQ+ community and don't want to limit trans youth from health care or force any middle or high school girl to have a mandatory genital examination if she is"accused" of being trans, but some Ohio Republicans have shared different beliefs.
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