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Legal Centers Move to Protect Rights of University of Cincinnati Students to Petition for Workplace Freedom on Campus
On February 22, 2012, The 1851 Center filed suit in federal court on behalf of UC students prohibited… [more]
Center Provides A Guide to Reducing Your School District Tax Burden
Ohio school districts continue to surrender to political pressure at the collective bargaining table,… [more]
Ohio Voters Approve Health Care Freedom Amendment
On Nov. 8, 2011, Ohio voters voiced their strong opposition to overbearing and invasive health care… [more]
Ohio Elections Commission: “We’re all PACs now.” 1851 Center Challenging Constitutionality of Ohio Campaign Finance Law
On June 24, the 1851 Center filed a notice of appeal in the case of Ed Corsi, a political blogger and… [more]
High Court Reviewing Smoking Ban Constitutionality
On April 6, 2011, The Supreme Court of Ohio agreed to become the first state supreme court in the nation… [more]
Ohio Supreme Court Reviewing Whether Ohio Public Policy Favors School Choice, Prevents Cincinnati from Shutting Down Charter and Private Schools
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Cincinnati Public Schools v. Conners on February 7, 2011. To… [more]
Westerville Taxpayers Move to Repeal March Tax Increase
On May 7, 2012 taxpayers for Westerville Schools, with the representation of the 1851 Center,commenced circulation of an initiative petition to repeal the 6.71 mil tax increase narrowly approved in March after taxpayers defeated a similar measure at the November 2011 general election. The Westerville effort marks the inaugural action of the 1851 Center [...]
Is an Obamacare Exchange Legal in Ohio?
This 1851 Center Analysis explains how the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment, Section 21 of Ohio’s Bill of Rights, forbids Ohio officials from imposing Obamacare health care exchanges on Ohioans. The document also explores reasons that such exchanges are an unwise policy choice
Legal Centers Move to Protect Rights of University of Cincinnati Students to Petition for Workplace Freedom on Campus
On February 22, 2012, The 1851 Center filed suit in federal court on behalf of UC students prohibited from gathering signatures and simultaneously discussing the Ohio Workplace Freedom Amendment with their fellow students. The legal action, which includes a demand for an immediate injunction against UC’s policies prohibiting non-disruptive political speech, was filed on behalf [...]
Ohioans Submit Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Challenging Constitutionality of Individual Mandate
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law has submitted to the United States Supreme Court a “friend of the court” brief asserting that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional. The brief highlights for the High Court Ohioans’ placement of the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment (“Issue 3”) in Ohio’s Bill of [...]
Workplace Freedom Amendment Petitions Being Circulated for Inclusion on the 2012 Ballot
The Ohio Workplace Freedom Amendment, which would “guarantee the freedom of Ohioans to choose whether to participate in a labor organization as a condition of employment,” will appear on the November 2012 ballot if 386,000 signatures are submitted by early July. Specifically the Amendment would provide that, in Ohio: No law, rule, agreement, or arrangement [...]
