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Supreme Court: Health Care Freedom Amendment to Move Forward

April 29, 2010 By 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

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 for constitutional initiative rights, Ohio’s grass-roots liberty movement, and health care freedom in Ohio. The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a non-profit constitutional rights advocacy firm, argued the case on behalf of amendment sponsors the Ohio Liberty Council. [Read more...]

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High Court Asked to Address Improper Rejection of Health Care Freedom Amendment

April 14, 2010 By 1851 Center

1851 Center Files Ohio Supreme Court Complaint Against Ballot Board

Columbus – The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a non-profit constitutional rights advocacy firm, yesterday filed a complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court seeking a remedy for improper actions taken by the Ohio Ballot Board. On Friday, the Ballot Board, chaired by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, rejected a proposed health care freedom constitutional amendment. It ruled the Ohio Liberty Council, the amendment’s sponsor, must resubmit the measure as two separate amendments. The ruling requires the group to rewrite its constitutional amendment, and gather two sets of 402,276 signatures for two separate amendments by June 30. [Read more...]

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Ballot Board Attempts to Block Health Care Freedom Amendment

April 9, 2010 By 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

1851 Center for Constitutional Law to File Action with Ohio Supreme Court

Columbus – Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and the Ohio Ballot Board today ruled a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at protecting Ohioans from forthcoming health care regulations should be split into two parts. As a result, the board rejected the proposed amendment and told its sponsor, the Ohio Liberty Council, to start over. [Read more...]

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1851 Center Drafts Constitutional Amendment Language to Challenge Health Care Reform

March 22, 2010 By 1851 Center

Ohio Liberty Council to Force Statewide Vote on Health Care Mandates

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Liberty Council, a statewide coalition of over 25 grassroots groups, today submitted a proposed state constitutional amendment that will “preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage.” The amendment, drafted by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, would protect Ohioans from the financial burdens and individual mandates contained in the new federal health care measure passed by Congress. The group filed constitutional amendment summary language and nearly 3,000 signatures from registered voters in 48 counties with the Ohio Secretary of State and Attorney General. [Read more...]

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LetOhioVote.org v. Brunner

July 24, 2009 By 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

1851 Center Files Amicus In Supreme Court Slots Case

COLUMBUS – The Buckeye Institute’s 1851 Center for Constitutional Law Friday filed an amicus brief in LetOhioVote.org v. Brunner with the Ohio Supreme Court. The legal center’s filing supports a public vote on video slot machines at Ohio horse race tracks. The 1851 Center filed the brief on behalf of Ohio Citizen Action, Citizens in Charge and the Ohio Freedom Alliance. The amicus brief urges the court to find language in the state budget excluding the authorization of video slot machines from referendum unconstitutional. [Read more...]

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COAST v. City of Cincinnati

May 24, 2009 By 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

In May 2009, the 1851 Center filed a legal action to prevent the City of Cincinnati and its functionaries from harassing, blocking, and threatening to arrest citizens circulating an initiative petition on public property to put Cincinnati’s proposed $200 million trolley project to a vote. After the Center filed a Complaint and Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, the City and other defendants entered into a settlement agreement requiring them to allow petitioners to gather signatures. The petitioners gained enough signatures to place the trolley issue on the November 2009 ballot.

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