Why Control Of The Ohio Supreme Court Is So Important!

In 2019 the Ohio Heartbeat Bill (SB 23), which banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine. Racing to the courthouse, Ohio pro-choice groups almost immediately filed lawsuits and within two months a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction stopping it from going into effect.

Fast forward to June 24, 2022 and in a 5-4 decision the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which established the so-called "right" to have an abortion. 

The same day the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed motions with federal courts lifting injunctions that blocked the Ohio Heartbeat Bill from going into effect. 

Within days of Yost's filings and the Heartbeat Bill finally becoming law - the ACLU & Planned Parenthood, ignoring the law & lower courts this time, raced right to the top and filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court....

"In making that request, Plaintiffs are asking the Ohio Supreme Court Justices to violate the constitutional limits of its jurisdiction, in violation of their oaths of office.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost released a statement on the ACLU Lawsuit filed with the Ohio Supreme Court as well: 

"Races don't start at the finish line, and lawsuits don't start in the final court. Aside from filing the wrong action in the wrong court, they are wrong as well on Ohio law. Abortion is not in the Ohio Constitution." More... 

With the Republican controlled Ohio Supreme Court not moving fast enough for their liberal liking, they withdrew their case and joined with a case in front of a liberal Democrat judge in Hamilton County who granted them a 14 day temporary restraining order put the Heartbeat Bill back on hold....

Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins issued a temporary restraining order that will stop the law’s implementation for 14 days, with pro-abortion activists now asking the judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would further block the law for the duration of the case.

Jenkins granted the pause in part because he believes the plaintiffs have a substantially likely chance of winning the case under protections granted by the state’s constitution.

“No great stretch is required to find that Ohio law recognizes a fundamental right to privacy, procreation, bodily integrity and freedom of choice in health care decision making,” Jenkins wrote in the ruling. More...

So as it stands now - the Heartbeat Bill is on hold until further notice.  The Democrat judge can grant a permanent injunction placing it on hold until the case is settled.  This shopping of courts to find a friendly judge is typical of the left and why judicial races AT EVERY LEVEL are so important.

You can be sure the Heartbeat Bill will end up in front of the Ohio Supreme Court before it is all over.  Currently the Ohio Supreme Court has a 4-3 Republican majority. But that majority is in play with the upcoming 2022 elections -- and the races are close.

Justice Pat DeWine (R) and Justice Pat Fisher (R) both have challengers.  And Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor is aged out and can no longer run.  New polls show these races too close to call.

Justice Sharon Kennedy, a good solid conservative Republican, and Justice Jennifer Brunner, a flaming liberal democrat are running to replace O'Connor as Chief Justice. One of their two remaining seats will be appointed by the next Governor of Ohio!

Yes - the next Governor of Ohio will be making an appointment to fill the vacant seat of either Justice Kennedy or Justice Brunner!  

If a Democrat is appointed to fill the vacancy the Ohio Supreme court will flip to 4-3 Democrat control. If the Democrats take control of the Ohio Supreme Court - forget about the Heartbeat Bill and many other things we have fought for in Ohio! 

So much for the so-called "smart people" ignorantly thinking that if Nan Whaley is our next Governor a GOP led State Legislature can keep her in check. The Democrats won't need the legislature - they will own the highest court in the state!  

Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee Meeting 9/9/2022

Thanks to the Monday Night Roundtable for streaming the Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee meeting held Friday September 9, 2022. 

 

Will the Real Bryan Williams Please Stand Up? Part 1

 There has been a lot of talk and back and forth of the Ohio Republican Party and the Chairman Bob Paduchik.  During the recent races for Ohio Republican Party (ORP) State Central Committee (SCC) races, many good people were running for a change.  They wanted to see some new blood injected into the SCC offices and in ORP itself. And it is needed - but let's do it right!

ORP Vice-Chair & Summit County GOP Chair Bryan Williams is looking to be the new chair.  Williams is trying to fast track a new vote through sleight of hand and slick talking before the SCC members and grassroots finds out about his swampy and scandal plagued past.

Conflicts of Interest

At the ORP endorsement meeting held in February, citing a conflict of interest, there was a push by State Central Committee members to stop other SCC Members with appointments from Governor DeWine or working for agencies under control of Governor DeWine from voting in the process.

• SCC Shannon Burns, the same SCC member now pushing Bryan Williams as next ORP Chair, was the individual that offered the motion that would have excluded Vice Chair Bryan Williams from voting in the endorsement meeting because of his appointment to University of Akron Board of Trustees by Governor DeWine.

While making motions to keep SoS Frank LaRose from being endorsed, Vice Chair Bryan Williams voted in support of the ORP endorsing Mike DeWine for Governor.  

In his role as Summit County GOP Chairman, Bryan Williams had already showed his loyalty and allegiance to Governor DeWine and personally endorsed Mike DeWine for Governor in January 2022.

But wait it gets even better (swampier)!!!

Before Bryan Williams was a DeWine boy he was tip toeing through the swamp grass as a loyalist of The Never Trumper Son of a Mailman Governor John Kasich! 

 And being paid back for his loyalty to the Never Trump Kasich and then scandal ridden ORP Chairman Matt Borges - Bryan Williams was repaid with an appointment to State of Ohio School Board!  

Well until he had to step down over another - conflict of interest! But that is what happens when you are a lobbyist playing both sides...

"While lobbying for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, a consortium of private construction companies, Williams chaired the state school board’s legislative and budget committee, representing the board before the legislature. He also sat on four other committees that set accountability and minimum standards for schools, defined educational options, and oversaw the hiring and evaluation of the state superintendent.

A financial disclosure form filed by Williams in May indicates that he received compensation from two entities, the state school board on which he serves, and Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, which he has described as an umbrella organization for the several regional ABC groups. (Read more...)" 

And in rounding it off on the "great guy" that wants to be the next ORP Chair - Williams, in never letting the truth stand in his way - settled a defamation lawsuit from Steve Zoumberakis, owner of Quality Mold, a business Williams defamed during his 2003 Mayoral run...

Quality Mold and its CEO filed a complaint against Mr. Williams and his election committee, alleging that they had made false and defamatory statements about them. After one day of trial, the parties entered into a confidential settlement. Although the parties did not draft a written agreement, the settlement's terms were confirmed before the trial court. Mr. Williams agreed to pay Quality Mold $25,000, with the understanding that, if he paid $1000 per month for fifteen months, he would not have to pay the other $10,000. (Read more...)

This was also referred to the Ohio Election Commission, who found probable cause that Williams broke Ohio’s false statement statute.

This is just a little of why Bryan Williams as next ORP chair a huge step is backwards.  There is plenty of time between now and January to find someone with integrity that will move Ohio forward! 

We Can and must do better - there is no need to rush to elect just another long time Ohio Swamp Rat masquerading as a good guy! 

Change for changes sake is how we got Joe Biden!  Stay tuned for more!  Much more!