Steven H. Steinglass, Dean Emeritus/Professor Emeritus of the Cleveland State University College of Law, announces the addition of a new blog, Ohio Constitution News, to complement the Ohio Constitutional Law and History website. The website, which has been available for more than a decade, contains a treasure trove of information about the Ohio Constitution. The blog, which is on a new platform, reports on current developments. Both the website and the blog are described below with links.
The website includes the following information about the Ohio Constitution:
Primary Sources. The Northwest Ordinance, the 1802 Enabling for the State of Ohio, the 1802 and 1851 Ohio Constitutions as well as information concerning the 1912 Constitutional Convention
Court Decisions. Summaries of Ohio Supreme Court decisions addressing Ohio constitutional issues and a Pipeline of cases being considered by the court
Table of Proposed Amendments. All amendments proposed since the adoption of the 1851 Constitution, the votes on the amendments, and in many cases the joint resolutions and initiatives proposing them
Statistical Tables on Constitutional Revision
Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
During the last year, new items added to the website include the updating of the Table of Proposed Amendments and related statistical tables; summaries of the Ohio Supreme Court’s leading state constitutional law decisions through February 2024, and monthly posting of Pipeline, which identifies cases pending in the Ohio Supreme Court involving state constitutional issues.
The Ohio Constitution News blog enables those interested in the Ohio Constitution to sign up without charge to receive email notifications of new developments concerning Ohio constitutional law, additions to the website, Ohio constitutional stories, and commentary on the Ohio Constitution.
The most recent Ohio Constitution News postings address the Ohio’s Constitution’s having passed the 60,000-word threshold, the availability of a free Ohio Constitution App for your cell phones and tablets; a review of the 23 Ohio Supreme Court decisions from 2023 involving the Ohio Constitution, and the origin of judicial review in Ohio.
The Ohio Constitutional Law and History website (see link) and the Ohio Constitution News blog (see link) were developed by Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass and the Law Librarians at the Cleveland State University College of Law. Neither the website nor the blog is an official publication of the Ohio Supreme Court or the State of Ohio.
Interested persons can go to the Ohio Constitution News blog (see link) and subscribe for free to receive periodic emails.
For information about the website or the blog, contact Dean Emeritus/Professor Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass at 216-469-6619 or s.steinglass@csuohio.edu
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