21-445: The 13th congressional district of Ohio is represented by Representative Emilia Sykes . Due to reapportionment following the 2010 United States census , Ohio lost its 17th and 18th congressional districts, necessitating redrawing of district lines. Following the 2012 elections, the 13th district changed to take in much of the territory in the former 17th district , including the city of Youngstown and areas east of Akron . It
42-631: A 12-3 margin. On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court declared the map a partisan gerrymander, violating Article XIX of the Constitution of Ohio , in a 4-3 decision. The Ohio General Assembly had 30 days to draw a new map. On March 16, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the new proposed state legislative district map for the third time. In spite of the decision, the primary elections scheduled to take place on May 3 were held using
63-401: A lawyer or served as a judge for at least six years. There is an age limit: One may not run for a seat on any Ohio court if one is more than 70 years of age. This limit often forces the retirement of long-time justices. Justice Francis E. Sweeney, Sr. , was barred by this rule from running for re-election in 2004, as was Justice Terrence O'Donnell in 2018 and as Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor
84-482: A search warrant cannot be used in criminal prosecutions. All the seats on the court are elected at large by the voters of Ohio. Every two years, two of the associate justice seats are up for election to a six-year term. For one of those three elections in a six-year cycle, the chief justice's seat is also up for election. In order to run for a seat on the court, a person must be admitted to the bar in Ohio, and have practiced as
105-702: Is a list of members of the United States House delegation from Ohio, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI . The delegation in the 118th United States Congress has a total of 15 members, with 10 Republicans and 5 Democrats . On May 3, 2019, a three-judge panel from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio declared Ohio's 2012 district map contrary to Article One of
126-571: Is divided into 15 congressional districts , each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . After the 2010 census , Ohio, which up until then had 18 districts, lost two House seats due to slow population growth compared to the national average, and a new map was signed into law on September 26, 2011. Starting in the 2022 midterms , per the 2020 United States census , Ohio lost its 16th congressional seat , ending up with its current 15 districts. The following table
147-708: The Ohio Constitution . The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices , who are elected at large by the voters of Ohio for six-year terms. The court has a total of 1,550 other employees. Since 2004, the court has met in the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center (formerly known as the Ohio Departments Building) on the east bank of the Scioto River in Downtown Columbus . Prior to 2004,
168-652: The Ohio Judicial Center in 2004. In Berkheimer v. REKM (25 July 2024) the Supreme Court of Ohio four Republican jurists found that “ A diner reading “boneless wings” on a menu would no more believe that the restaurant was warranting the absence of bones in the items than believe that the items were made from chicken wings, just as a person eating “chicken fingers” would know that he had not been served fingers.” In dissent three Democratic jurists called this “utter jabberwocky”. Further positing that “read
189-576: The United States Constitution , as "an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander " and ordered "the enactment of a constitutionally viable replacement" prior to the 2020 elections . An appeal made to the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in the order to redraw the map being nullified. On November 17, 2021, after lengthy discussions, a new map was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives 55-36, along party lines, with no Democrat voting in favor of
210-719: The court met in the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower and earlier in the Judiciary Annex (now the Senate Building) of the Ohio Statehouse . The Ohio Supreme Court and the rest of the judiciary is established and authorized within Article IV of the Ohio Constitution . The Supreme Court of Ohio was founded in 1802, established in the state constitution as a three-member court, holding courts in each county every year. The constitution
231-401: The general election ballot . Candidates and judges are also restricted in making public political statements. In response to the 2020 election of Democrat Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Republicans passed a law making general elections partisan, one of seven states to elect justices with party labels on the ballot. The Ohio Judicial Conference and Ohio Courts of Appeals Judges opposed the change, saying
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#1732858530445252-451: The judiciary should be independent of parties. From the seating of Robert R. Cupp in 2007 to replace Democrat Alice Robie Resnick until the 2010 appointment of Eric Brown as chief justice, the court consisted entirely of Republicans who had been nominated through the primary process and won the general election, or who were appointed to an open seat by a Republican governor. This occurred once again in 2018 when Republican Mary DeGenaro
273-427: The map. The map was sent to Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine , where he accepted it 3 days later on November 20. The map has been controversial, as Democrats accuse the map of being purposefully designed to benefit Republicans. By December 7, 2021, six lawsuits had been filed against the new 15-seat congressional map, citing it as "racially discriminatory". The proposed map favors Republican to Democratic districts by
294-505: The second set of districts. Even though the maps were struck down, the state’s constitution allows for the second version to be used for the primary elections because a third proposal won’t be ready until after the May 3 primary. Ohio Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio , with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and
315-550: The suburban areas in between. In the 2020 redistricting cycle , Ohio lost its 16th congressional district and this district was redrawn to include all of Summit County and parts of Stark and Portage County including Canton , North Canton and parts of Massillon , while Youngstown was removed from the district. The following chart shows historic election results since 1920. 41°08′59″N 80°58′43″W / 41.14972°N 80.97861°W / 41.14972; -80.97861 Ohio%27s congressional districts Ohio
336-404: The third time occurred between January 2011 and January 2017, and the fourth time occurred between January 2018 and December 2022. As of 2018, the chief justice receives $ 174,700 per year and associate justices $ 164,000 per year. The Ohio Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel investigates Ohio judges and attorneys in order to protect the public. The Ohio Supreme Court announced through its website
357-471: The word “boneless,” they think that it means “without bones,” as do all sensible people.” In DeRolph v. State (1997) the Supreme Court of Ohio found that Ohio's method of funding its schools was unconstitutional. The case originated in the Perry County Schools. In Mapp v. Ohio (1961), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Supreme Court of Ohio, and found that evidence seized unlawfully without
378-466: Was appointed to fill the seat vacated by the lone Democrat on the court, Bill O'Neill . Democrats once again joined the court in 2019 with the election of Michael Donnelly and Melody Stewart in November 2018. In the court's history, there have been four instances where the female justices have outnumbered the male justices. The first occurred from January to May 2003, the second time occurred in 2005 and 2006,
399-599: Was approved that year, one year before statehood. In 1823, the state legislature ordered the court to meet annually in Columbus. It was located in the Ohio Statehouse beginning in 1857, and moved into the Statehouse Annex in 1901. The first female justice on the court was Florence E. Allen who served from 1923 to 1934. In 1974, the court moved from the annex building to the Rhodes State Office Tower . It moved to
420-458: Was in 2022. However, a judge who reaches the age of 70 after being elected is not prevented from completing her or his term in office. The Governor of Ohio may appoint a Justice to the Court when there is a vacancy. Until June 2021, judicial elections were non-partisan . This meant that parties nominated candidates in primary elections, but party designations for the candidates were not permitted on
441-451: Was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. According to the lawsuit, the 13th resembles a "jigsaw puzzle piece" that reaches out to grab the portion of Akron not taken in by the Cleveland -based 11th district . From 2003 to 2013, the district ran from Lorain to include part of Akron, also taking in
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