Here is a compendium of current issues that affect Ohio’s public entities, plus McGown & Markling news of note.
Linda Brown was a third grader who simply wanted to avoid a long walk and bus ride and join her white friends in class, but she was black, and the Topeka, Kansas, elementary school four blocks from her home was segregated, open only to white students. This third grader went on to become the symbolic […]
In response to being unconstitutionally silenced, seized, and abandoned in Florida for wearing a political speech mask, Ohio resident, Ryan J. Salo, has filed a complaint against the JetBlue Airways Corporation and its employees in the federal case of Salo v. JetBlue Airways Corp., N.D. Ohio Case No. 5:23-cv-00207 (Judge Sara Lioi). On March 3, […]
Not only is Brown v. Board of Education the most impactful education law decision to come out of the United States Supreme Court, but it is also the most important civil rights case of the twentieth century. The following video segment is a dramatization — based on the non-fiction book “Simple Justice: by Richard Kluger” […]
In the case of Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Biden, 6th Cir. No. 21-6147 (Jan. 12, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the request from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (“OAG”), as well as the Kentucky and Tennessee Attorney Generals, to prohibit the Biden Administration — though an injunction — […]
On January 11, 2023, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has issued a formal opinion to Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney Bradford W. Bailey concluding that a person cannot simultaneously serve as a secret service officer and either a township constable or a municipal police officer with a special commission within the same county when the person […]
On January 8, 2023, Governor Michael DeWine signed Executive Order 2023-01D (the first order of the Governor’s second term in office) adding “status as a nursing mother” to the state’s anti-discrimination government policy. The order rescinds and replaces the similar Executive Order 2019-05D, which the Governor signed at the start of the Governor’s first term. […]
On January 5, 2023, Governor Michael DeWine signed Am.Sub.H.B. No. 554 into law, which was sponsored by Reps. Mary Lightbody (D-Westerville) and Adam Bird (R-New Richmond). H.B. No. 554 requires the State Board of Education to issue temporary educator licenses to applicants with expired professional teacher’s certificates and professional educator licenses. This bill also addresses […]
On January 2, 2023, Governor Michael DeWine signed Am.Sub. H.B. No. 353 into law, which was sponsored by Reps. Gary Click (R-Vickery) and Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park). H.B. No. 353 enacts “The Testing Your Faith Act” to require each state institution of higher education to adopt a policy providing students with religious accommodations. This bill […]