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Ohio Supreme Court rejects Republican redistricting map for third time

JURIST

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Republican redistricting maps for a third time. The 4-3 ruling, which suggested that the map was politically biased, will likely cause delays in Ohio’s upcoming primary election. Ohio election officials have estimated that delaying the primary vote may cost the state up to $20 million.

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Ohio governor signs bill allowing school staff to carry guns without peace officer training

JURIST

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill Monday that allows school districts to authorize teachers, principals, bus drivers, custodial staff and other employees to carry guns while at work. House Bill 99 was drafted in response to the murder of 19 children and two teachers in the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting on May 24.

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Lawyer gets stayed suspension for ‘unintelligible’ brief; she said she mistakenly filed the draft version

ABA Journal

An Ohio lawyer chided for submitting an appellate brief that was “inadequate, incoherent and unintelligible” will receive a stayed suspension from law practice. Lawyer…

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US Capitol Police arrest leader of Black Congressional Caucus during protest

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” Among the individuals arrested was Ohio’s Third Congressional District Representative Joyce Beatty, the leader of the Black Congressional Caucus. Capitol Police arrested Thursday nine individuals who were participating in a voting rights protest “in a prohibited area on Capitol Grounds.”

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

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Amy Simonson: Ohio State University Wins Trademark For The Word ‘THE’ (Source: CNN). Harrity & Harrity, LLP – Patent Drafting Professionals and/or Agents. Recent Headlines in the IP World: Jonathan Stempel: Cisco Wins Reversal of $2.75-Billion Sommer: My Holiday Wish List From the PTO (Source: SSRN). Bejin Bieneman PLC.

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Supreme Court ethics bill advances out of House committee after party-line vote

SCOTUSBlog

The committee’s ranking Republican, Jim Jordan of Ohio, meanwhile, said Democrats’ calls for court reform were “intimidation” and falsely claimed that no Democrat has condemned the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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Reverend who accused Alito of 2014 leak in Hobby Lobby speaks before House Judiciary Committee

SCOTUSBlog

Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the committee should instead be investigating the leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. As in past hearings , Mark Paoletta, a lawyer who represented Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife, Virginia, in September when she appeared before House investigators of the Jan. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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