Ohio’s Health Care Freedom Amendment- On July 6, 2011, delivered more than 546,000 signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State to place the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment on the November ballot.The amendment would add a 21st Section to Ohio’s Bill of Rights “to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage.”
Elimination of the Ohio Estate Tax-The legislature has passed a state budget that includes the repeal of Ohio’s Estate Tax. The 1851 Center drafted and represented the initiative, while a grass-roots effort was led by http://www.endohioestatetax.com/who accomplished a feat that no liberty group before them had accomplished: the elimination of a statewide tax.
Ohio Liberty Council v. Brunner (winning the right to circulate Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment)- In April 2010, the 1851 Center filed a complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court seeking a remedy for improper actions taken by the Ohio Ballot Board. The Ballot Board, chaired by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, rejected a proposed health care freedom constitutional amendment.
COAST v. Cincinnati (protecting the right to support limited government through initiatives)- 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.
LetOhioVote.org v. Brunner (victory for referendum rights)- The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law in July 2009 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.
