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Court: Cincinnati Public Schools Violated State Law
Judge Rules CPS Deed Restrictions Against Charter and Private Schools Illegal Columbus - Cincinnati… [more]
Supreme Court: Health Care Freedom Amendment to Move Forward
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Ballot Board to Certify Amendment Language Columbus - The Ohio Supreme Court… [more]
1851 Center Drafts Constitutional Amendment Language to Challenge Health Care Reform
Ohio Liberty Council to Force Statewide Vote on Health Care Mandates COLUMBUS – The Ohio Liberty… [more]
ACORN Settles with 1851 Center, Folds Ohio Operation
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law achieved victory in its state RICO action against the Association… [more]
State Smoking Ban Enforcement Declared Unlawful
Ohio Department of Health officials and the Attorney General have substantially overstepped their authority… [more]
Eliminating the Estate Tax
In August 2009, the 1851 Center drafted ballot language that was adopted by Citizens United to Eliminate… [more]

Court: Cincinnati Public Schools Violated State Law
Judge Rules CPS Deed Restrictions Against Charter and Private Schools Illegal Columbus – Cincinnati Public Schools’ (CPS) policy of prohibiting the sale of unused available public school buildings to charter schools and private schools violates state law, yesterday ruled Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert P. Ruehlman. The judge issued the ruling immediately from [...]

Prevailing Wage Law Unconstitutional Argues 1851 Center
1851 Center Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Prevailing Wage Law Case Columbus – Ohio’s current prevailing wage law is, in part, unconstitutional, the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law argues in an amicus brief filed yesterday in the Tenth District Court of Appeals, Franklin County. The case, Ohio Department of Commerce v. 770 West Broad AGA, [...]

Supreme Court: Health Care Freedom Amendment to Move Forward
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Ballot Board to Certify Amendment Language Columbus – The Ohio Supreme Court today unanimously ruled Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and the Ohio Ballot Board abused their discretion and violated Ohio law in rejecting ballot language for the proposed Ohio Health Care Freedom Constitutional Amendment. The ruling is a significant victory [...]

ACORN Settles with 1851 Center, Folds Ohio Operation
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law achieved victory in its state RICO action against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). ACORN has agreed to settle the case and will cease all Ohio activity as a result. In its settlement with the 1851 Center, ACORN agreed to surrender all of its Ohio business [...]

State Smoking Ban Enforcement Declared Unlawful
Ohio Department of Health officials and the Attorney General have substantially overstepped their authority in enforcing the state’s smoking ban law, a Franklin County Common Pleas Court ruled. In a cased won by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a non-profit constitutional rights advocacy firm, Judge David E. Cain vacated all fines against Columbus bar [...]

Manna Storehouse v. Ohio Department of Agriculture
The 1851 Center is defending Manna Storehouse and its owners, the Stowers family, in a case involving unreasonable forceful searches and seizures conducted by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Lorain County Health Department. The center seeks to halt such raids and obtain a declaration that a private membership food cooperative does not require [...]