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Attorney Curt Hartman filed the Mandamus Writ against the Ohio Ballot Board
Atty Hartman discusses the State Supreme Court case on the abortion ballot language. A motion has been filed to expedite the hearing process on this case. The lawsuit calls on the court to require the Ballot Board to vacate its earlier decision If the court sends it back to the Ballot Board to divide the language into part petitions, each part petition would require summary language that then would have to be reviewed by the State Attorney General. This Supreme Court case is huge!
Cincinnati-area attorney Curt Hartman represents two citizens, Margaret DeBlase and John Giroux, who filed the lawsuit against the members of the Ohio Ballot Board. That panel includes Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Sen. Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green), Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo), Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid), and William Morgan, who was appointed by majority Republicans in the House.
Hartman said the complaint filed with the high court argues the Ballot Board was wrong when it cleared the language as being one petition.
“It clearly should be separated into concepts of abortion or decisions relating to deciding where to terminate a pregnancy on the one hand versus all of these other reproductive decisions," Hartman said.
The lawsuit calls on the court to require the Ballot Board to vacate its earlier decision. It asks the court to force the board to divide the petition into individual parts and then certify the approval of each of the individual petitions as containing only one proposed amendment to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who earlier had approved the summary language of the petition. Click here to follow the case...
Part2
The 60 percent constitutional amendment increase proposal made news this week, as Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, said that his caucus is mulling whether to place the question on the ballot in a statewide August special election. Ohio voters could decide in August whether the state should increase the votes needed to amend the constitution if Senate Republicans get their way. Also, State Rep. Scott Wiggam chairs a committee in the Ohio House that is also considering the same constitutional amendment increase to 60 percent.
If the legislature is able to put this on an August ballot and it passes, it will be in place for any future ballot constitutional amendment proposals. It's a race to the ballot! Planned Parenthood and its allies are currently circulating a petition to put abortion through the ninth month of pregnancy on the November ballot here in Ohio. They have until July 5th to secure the 412,500 signatures. In this program, we discuss how the Republicans have already fumbled the ball twice when it came to raising the bar for constitutional change on the ballot.
All eyes will be on Columbus to see how they handle this one. What's at stake is thirty years of Ohio pro-life legislation in defense of the unborn in the womb.
Congressman Bill Johnson of Ohio’s 6th District and Freedom Banquet Review
The SCOTUS leak on the Dobbs decision that would overturn Roe- Rep. Jim Jordan and Mark Harrington
Candidate forum interview with Janet Folger Porter and OCA Freedom Banquet Speaker Rick Santorum
Candidate Interviews with Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel- both running for the U.S. Senate
Christ the Lord is Risen Today - Charles Wesley
Audio clip from interview with State Auditor Keith Faber on Statewide AT LARGE Congressional BALLOT
U.S. Senate Candidate Interviews with Jane Timken and J.D. Vance
Auditor Keith Faber and Treasurer Robert Sprague on this week’s News in Focus
D-Day Prayer Update. We are heading toward the finish line.
Candidate Forum with Gubernatorial Candidates Jim Renacci and Joe Blystone
Rick Santorum and Melanie Miller on This Week’s News in Focus
The new maps have been drawn for the third time. Will the court let them stand?
For the third time Ohio has new maps- Important interview with S.O.S. Frank LaRose
Bringing America Back to Life Convention -Interview with Executive Director Kate Makra
Part 2 - There is an effort to do away with Ohio’s death penalty at the Ohio Statehouse.
Redistricting maps are in limbo with court’s rejection. An election crisis is looming in Ohio
A report on this year’s March for Life and the anticipation of the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Interview with Bernie Moreno on the U.S. Southern border crisis
Hospital Visitation Rights Legislation-Denying patients visitors is a practice that must come to an end
Redistricting Commission Failure - A constitutional crisis is looming in Ohio
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