tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68511810340514554782024-03-04T23:55:28.364-05:00Justice JudyOhio Supreme Court Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger-- Educating on the Law, Civics and the Judicial SystemJudith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-9070964355719159592016-12-16T13:17:00.000-05:002016-12-16T13:17:56.470-05:00My Last Hurrah<br />
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While most of you will be celebrating this New Year’s Eve,
my night will be bittersweet. At midnight Dec. 31, 2016, my time as a justice
of the Supreme Court of Ohio comes to an end. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this is my last post.</div>
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The Ohio Constitution says that anyone who reaches age 70 cannot
run for a judicial term, and that includes re-elections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I’ll no longer be a full-time judge,
the doors are wide open for me in 2017 and beyond.</div>
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A retired judge can serve by assignment if appointed by the
Chief Justice. As someone who has served at all court levels it is possible
that I might be called on to be a “visiting judge.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course I expect to continue my work in
education. After all, once a teacher, always a teacher. My blog posts explaining
the court system have been a pleasure to write and I hope you have enjoyed
reading them.</div>
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During 31 years as an active judge, I’ve met wonderful
people and dedicated professionals who care very much about our justice system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No court operates in a vacuum, and it takes
many individuals doing their jobs well to assure fairness under the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to thank each and every one who
worked with me over the years. You all will be missed!</div>
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The Court has created a great goodbye video for me. Click
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MariePenguinLoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10035139297454468091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-18747245426746657332016-11-18T11:06:00.000-05:002016-11-18T11:06:17.960-05:00Inaugural Civics Essay Contest
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The democratic principles on
which the U.S. government is built affect everything about the way people live.
The Federal Bar Association Civics Essay Contest aims to foster the study and understanding of how
the U.S. government works; to provide students with a platform on
which to build the knowledge of basic civics; and to prepare every student to
be an active, responsible citizen.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Contest available in both Middle School (Grades 6-8) and High School
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Winners awarded in Washington, DC in conjunction with the FBA Midyear Meeting
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3rd Place: $500</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This contest is now open!</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Please email written essay submissions to <a href="mailto:jalbertson@fedbar.org"><span style="color: #0563c1;">jalbertson@fedbar.org</span></a> by January
13, 2017.</span></span></div>
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submissions also accepted! The time limit for recorded submissions is 3
minutes. Make an account with the <a href="https://storycorps.me/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">StoryCorps</span></a> app
and share it with the Federal Bar Association account, or email a link to
your recording to <a href="mailto:jalbertsion@fedbar.org"><span style="color: #0563c1;">jalbertsion@fedbar.org</span></a> by
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nomination
of Teachers for Excellence in Civics Education<br />
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</span></u><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
you have a teacher that has gone above and beyond in teaching civics at
your school? Nominate him or her to receive the Excellence in Civics Education
award! Winners will receive national recognition by the Federal Bar
Association, and a chance to accept this award at the FBA Midyear Meeting
in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2017. A nomination form can be found
below.<u5:p></u5:p></span></div>
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and nominations should be submitted via email to <a href="mailto:jalbertson@fedbar.org"><span style="color: #0563c1;">jalbertson@fedbar.org</span></a> by January
13, 2017.<i><br />
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Contest Chair: Maria Vathis, <a href="mailto:maria.vathis@bryancave.com"><span style="color: #0563c1;">maria.vathis@bryancave.com</span></a><br />
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Questions? Contact Josh Albertson at </i><a href="mailto:jalbertson@fedbar.org"><i><span style="color: #0563c1;">jalbertson@fedbar.org</span></i></a><i> or
call 571-481-9118</i></span>MariePenguinLoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10035139297454468091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-82820258901251743022016-11-17T09:36:00.004-05:002016-11-17T09:38:06.161-05:00Nov. 8 Election Means Two New Justices on Ohio Supreme Court<br />
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I hope you realized that besides voting for president, you
had the chance to choose many others, including judges, through your Election
Day ballot. For the first time since 1992, there were two open seats of the
seven on the Ohio Supreme Court. Because I turned 70 this year the constitution
says I must retire Dec. 31, at the end of my current term. Justice Paul E.
Pfeifer is covered by the same rule and will leave the court on Jan. 1. Chief
Justice Maureen O’Connor did not have an opponent, so she will begin serving
her second and final six-year term next year.</div>
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Judge Pat DeWine from the First Appellate District Court in
Cincinnati will replace Justice Pfeifer in January. But my replacement is still
uncertain. At this point, Judge Pat Fischer of Cincinnati is leading his
opponent, Judge Jack O’Donnell of Cleveland, according to the Secretary of
State’s Office. But because there are many ballots to be counted, we will not
know the outcome until the end of the month.</div>
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Many other common pleas and appellate judges were elected or
re-elected this year. The 2016 campaign season has generated much discussion
and I imagine that students, in particular, have learned about our democratic
process.</div>
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The right to vote when we turn 18 is both a privilege and a
responsibility. Here’s hoping that, in deciding how government will operate,
people now recognize the power of their votes.</div>
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Although it’s sometimes easy to forget to vote for the
judges, that choice is very important. Please remember them when you cast your
next ballot.</div>
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MariePenguinLoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10035139297454468091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-38252855403942329152016-09-26T09:17:00.004-04:002016-10-03T15:22:53.287-04:00New Graphic Novels Available<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Calling all Ohio
social studies teachers</b>—the Ohio Supreme Court is providing Ohio educators
with a series of graphic novels, “Justice Case Files,” that may be used in civic
education. The series includes six novels that may be used individually or as a
set:</span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: medium;">Case File 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Case of Internet Piracy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>The Case of Jury Duty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: medium;">Case File 4:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Case of the Broken Controller<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: medium;">Case File 5:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Case of the Cyberbully and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: medium;">Case File 6: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Case of No Pets Allowed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">These illustrated stories take up cases involving young
adults, and teach students about the role of the courts, the protections of the
U.S. Constitution, and the importance of the rule of law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Case File 3 follows a new high
school graduate’s experience as a juror, Case File 5 describes a young girl’s
action in juvenile court for cyber-bullying, and Case File 6 presents the
landlord-tenant problem of an immigrant family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Created through the National Center for
State Courts, the short graphic novels present issues vividly for students.</span><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor says in the introduction: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: medium;">By reading these graphic
novels, you are learning some of the most important things that any American
learns: how your government works, how you can protect your rights, and how
important it is that you become an active and engaged citizen.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Supreme Court of Ohio will make these novels available
to all educators who request them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Court is developing lesson plans to show how the novels align with Ohio’s
curriculum standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novels and
lesson plans are provided to educators free of charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are also seeking volunteers from the
bench and bar to visit in classrooms using the materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">To receive copies, or more information, please contact Pierce
Reed at </span><a href="mailto:ncscciviced@sc.ohio.gov"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-size: medium;">ncscciviced@sc.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> or
in Chief Justice O’Connor’s chambers at </span><a href="mailto:pierce.reed@sc.ohio.gov"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-size: medium;">pierce.reed@sc.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MariePenguinLoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10035139297454468091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-5701294429674639062016-09-06T16:11:00.000-04:002016-09-06T16:13:23.921-04:00Poetry, Literature, and Justice for All<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Poetry, literature, and law may
not seem like they go hand-in-hand, but printed words can actually help ease judges’
stress from their day jobs as well as improve their work/life balance.<o:p></o:p></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;"></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;">Last year I taught a webcast for
the National Judicial College called “Poetry as Judicial Medicine.” Poetry can
provide a source of inspiration and comfort to the day-to-day routines we have
on the bench. It may also involve judges being more empathetic and better serve
those who come before them in court.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite poems is from
Billy Collins, about a teacher talking about students:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">I ask
them to take a poem<br />
and hold it up to the light <br />
like a color slide<br />
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or press an ear against its hive.<br />
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I say drop a mouse into a poem<br />
and watch him probe his way out,<br />
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or walk inside the poem's room<br />
and feel the walls for a light switch.<br />
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I want them to waterski<br />
across the surface of a poem<br />
waving at the author's name on the shore.<br />
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But all they want to do<br />
is tie the poem to a chair with rope<br />
and torture a confession out of it.<br />
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They begin beating it with a hose<br />
to find out what it really means.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">What poetry “really means” may be
something I discuss with my judges next week, when, for the seventh time at
the NJC in Ashland, Oregon, I’ll be presenting “Law and Ethics: A Novel
Approach.” <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;">This program is an innovative
method of considering judicial ethics by using a variety of literary forms. The
curriculum is designed to allow judges to discuss and analyze their own life
experiences with respect to that of works of literature. While in Ashland, we
will be attending several plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and discussing
ethical dilemmas posed within the plays and relate them to the judiciary.<o:p></o:p></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;"></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;">As a former English teacher, I’ve
always had a love of reading and writing, but I wasn’t too sure about poetry.
But poetry is much more than rhyme, rhythm, meter, and metaphor. The feelings
that I had before that “poetry makes no sense,” “it has no value,” “I don’t
have time to read it,” have changed. <o:p></o:p></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;"></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;">Judges are legal readers and writers;
words are their stock-in-trade. They must interpret ambiguous statutes and
contracts filled with tedious legal clichés. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s too easy to be so finely
focused on legal issues that the world is seen only through the limited
abstract lens of the law. If nuance, the messy irresolution of life and all of
its feelings are forgotten, judges may give up too much and forget how to be
human.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">My work as a judge for more than
31 years now gives me a different perspective. Poetry is fresh and opens up the
mind to experiences in a new way, leading judges to become more empathetic and
better able to serve others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I see all aspects of
literature as an intellectual way to show how the judicial system and the
written word can join to bring comfort to those who sit on the bench, while
also encouraging the highest ethical behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-6388119826302063752016-07-11T15:09:00.000-04:002016-07-11T15:09:21.199-04:00Happy 40th Birthday, Ohio Judicial College!<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">This July, we celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Ohio Judicial College. Since 1976, the Judicial College has
been instrumental in educating nearly 205,000 people within the Buckeye state
through more than 2,350 courses. </span></span><br />
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<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;">Like its counterpart, the
National Judicial College, the Ohio Judicial College provides continuing legal
and professional education to judges, magistrates, and non-judicial court
personnel. All Ohio judges must complete 40 hours of continuing legal education
every two years – 10 of those through Ohio Judicial College instruction, which
makes the college the primary teaching resource for the nearly 1,200 judges and
800 magistrates throughout our state.</span></span></div>
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<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;">As a teacher for nearly five
years before joining the legal profession and eventually becoming a judge and
then a justice, I’ve continued to teach judges and lawyers at a national and
state level. I was a board member of the Ohio Judicial College for seven years
and served as its chair in 2000-2001. I can tell you that the college works
exceptionally well and has a fine reputation. Staff takes their duties very
seriously and courses are designed to keep the skills of those in the judicial
field at a high level. </span></span></div>
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<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;">Ohioans can be sure that its
Judicial College has served the public over the last 40 years by educating
those who must ensure competent performance of the entire judicial system. And,
of course, the public should expect no less from those who run the courts.
Happy Birthday, Ohio Judicial College – and many, many more!</span></span></div>
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<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;">You can learn more about the
history of the Ohio Judicial College by reading this month’s issue of </span></span><a href="http://courtnewsohio.gov/CNOReview/2016/July2016.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">CNO Review</span></span></a><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><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-50413376988203939422016-05-05T16:30:00.000-04:002016-05-05T16:30:01.494-04:00Law 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 />
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<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 />
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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accepted in the competition of the market.” Is the “marketplace of ideas” still
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internet’s bread is very stale and some twitter fruit is very rotten. Just look
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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
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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
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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 />
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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 />
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reform and are often the most effective strategy to reduce substance abuse,
crime, and repeat offenses. </span><br />
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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
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-46443617736389485732016-04-07T14:22:00.000-04:002016-04-08T14:17:31.027-04:00Thinking 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 />
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-32402073854620861252016-03-08T11:26:00.000-05:002016-03-08T11:26:08.581-05:00Judicial 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>
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-82167033381061981252016-02-29T13:13:00.000-05:002016-02-29T13:13:43.574-05:00Choosing 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 />
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<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>
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federal judgeships subject to the Senate’s approval. As of 2014, there are more
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<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
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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
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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
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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>
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</span>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-70289967587319043392016-02-19T15:32:00.000-05:002016-02-22T11:36:10.785-05:00Annual 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 />
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: white;">n</span>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-68823321948386273542016-01-11T09:45:00.000-05:002016-01-11T09:45:06.399-05:002016 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 />
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>PRIZES:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</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 />
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</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 />
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</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 />
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<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>
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<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>
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-25099679061112839882016-01-07T14:12:00.000-05:002016-01-07T14:12:11.994-05:002015 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 />
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<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 />
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<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>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-58030934176583299092015-12-15T11:27:00.000-05:002015-12-15T11:27:18.263-05:00Bill 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 />
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<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 />
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<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 />
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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the right to be free of unreasonable search<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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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>
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the rights of a criminal defendant <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the right to trial by jury<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the right to bail and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the rights listed do not deny the people other rights they retain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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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>
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<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>
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-30410522126713202312015-12-07T13:23:00.000-05:002015-12-07T13:23:37.817-05:00Newest 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 />
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-43313412306155802592015-12-01T16:31:00.000-05:002015-12-01T16:31:57.929-05:00Rosa 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 />
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<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>
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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>
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<span style="color: white;">.</span>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-58775910513049989062015-11-24T09:35:00.000-05:002015-11-24T09:35:51.891-05:00Federal 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 />
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<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>
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<span style="color: white;">.</span>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-24114589283817690672015-10-29T09:51:00.000-04:002015-10-29T09:51:12.698-04:00Use 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 />
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<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 />
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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 />
Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-18757416379474017622015-10-06T09:48:00.001-04:002015-10-21T16:07:14.475-04:00Students 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 />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice <br />
Thurgood Marshall</td></tr>
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<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 />
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<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 />
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<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>Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-67820681914309632422015-10-01T10:58:00.000-04:002015-10-01T10:58:07.754-04:00Looking 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 />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p4TWBV_Abac2zFz9l21LXZWoYzBTcopayx_JhjJAAIpb6qELA9V8jo_meLNzHk-ri9mYPRwCL29AUNLrciWk-X9WcaEnbsQH9GZDyy6T8BMfzzCQouPhRi-HhKAAGlLrIAkZHZjjOQw/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/AVvXsEi9p4TWBV_Abac2zFz9l21LXZWoYzBTcopayx_JhjJAAIpb6qELA9V8jo_meLNzHk-ri9mYPRwCL29AUNLrciWk-X9WcaEnbsQH9GZDyy6T8BMfzzCQouPhRi-HhKAAGlLrIAkZHZjjOQw/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>
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<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>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span> </div>
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<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>
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<br />Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-75484979116227198462015-09-10T10:20:00.001-04:002015-09-10T10:20:59.555-04:00A 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 />
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<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>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GIcUF1LHroU" width="480"></iframe>
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<br />Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-79431637473261114522015-09-01T11:26:00.001-04:002015-09-02T09:17:46.053-04:00Judicial Votes Count<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0OgWwBj0yGjIHZoXbJIOAK8ER82ydx1k4iVt_9nGXTQEiwC1xPz3W8z29N9aV4exkh8IJNNbICiQ3igehGMllajboBIgNnRaX0BNYNHg5puTfWCP6nWRBE5hgvkbsqgjDSxN-6LVKWY/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/AVvXsEif0OgWwBj0yGjIHZoXbJIOAK8ER82ydx1k4iVt_9nGXTQEiwC1xPz3W8z29N9aV4exkh8IJNNbICiQ3igehGMllajboBIgNnRaX0BNYNHg5puTfWCP6nWRBE5hgvkbsqgjDSxN-6LVKWY/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>
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The Nov. 3 ballot includes 56 municipal court judicial races in 29 Ohio counties. <br />
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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 />
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<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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-28306021828226032722015-08-11T09:52:00.000-04:002015-08-11T09:53:53.871-04:00Ohio 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 />
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<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 />
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<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/AVvXsEikUrnyT3U7IimwW_ed9lmEydTntmkbW8QHygs72VsQoFyEn7AAIm16no-fyAEnL9GLypFylbIQtohcgSpfdPegyUb-5qVlEy_luRnjZoMGxgoVIMzK0AufC_6pwF0cfVgkItOJb92Vw5s/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/AVvXsEikUrnyT3U7IimwW_ed9lmEydTntmkbW8QHygs72VsQoFyEn7AAIm16no-fyAEnL9GLypFylbIQtohcgSpfdPegyUb-5qVlEy_luRnjZoMGxgoVIMzK0AufC_6pwF0cfVgkItOJb92Vw5s/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 />
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<span id="goog_852520183"></span><br />Judith Ann Lanzingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183830672860294582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851181034051455478.post-64295350851771328722015-08-04T14:47:00.000-04:002015-08-04T14:47:39.959-04:00National 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 />
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<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 />
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<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;">
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