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A Citizens Guide to Reducing Your School District Tax Burden
Ohio school districts continue to surrender to political pressure at the collective bargaining table,… [more]
Election Day Victory on Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment
On Nov. 8, Ohio voters voiced their strong opposition to overbearing and invasive federal health care… [more]
Ohio Elections Commission: “We’re all PACs now.” 1851 Center will challenge 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 will Review Smoking Ban Constitutionality
COLUMBUS - The Supreme Court of Ohio today agreed to become the first state supreme court in the nation… [more]
Ohio Supreme Court Will Review Whether Ohio Public Policy Favors School Choice, Prevents Cincinnati from Shutting Down Charter and Private Schools
Cincinnati Public Schools’ have a policy of prohibiting the sale of unused available public school… [more]
A Citizens Guide to Reducing Your School District Tax Burden
Ohio school districts continue to surrender to political pressure at the collective bargaining table, failing to curtail school employees’ lucrative compensation packages. And while this undisciplined spending could manifest itself in the form of reasonable lay-offs or pay-cuts, history demonstrates it to be more likely that Ohioans across the state will soon confront a flurry [...]
Workplace Freedom Amendment
COLUMBUS – The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law today submitted to the Ohio Attorney General, on behalf of liberty groups and business leaders, initial signatures and summary language to begin the process of adding protections against forced union participation to Ohio’s Bill of Rights. The Ohio Workplace Freedom Amendment, which would “guarantee the freedom of [...]
Election Day Victory on Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment
On Nov. 8, Ohio voters voiced their strong opposition to overbearing and invasive federal health care mandates by passing the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment with 66% of the vote. Drafted by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, the amendment preserves the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage. [...]
Manna Storehouse appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court
On July 21, 2011, Manna Storehouse and the Stowers family, notoriously raided by a Health and Agriculture Department-led SWAT team for not maintaining a “retail food establishment” in operating their small, private-membership organic food cooperative in LaGrange, Ohio, moved the Supreme Court to protect their rights. The Stowers argue that the state’s imposition on their [...]
Ohio Elections Commission: “We’re all PACs now.” 1851 Center will challenge 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 pamphleteer who distributed materials critical of his local elected officials. After one of those same officials sought prosecution of Mr. Corsi, the Ohio Elections Commission took up the case. The OEC concluded that because [...]
