A 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, Notre Dame Law School graduate and Justice Scalia's former law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is posed to become the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice replacing recently departed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republicans have indicated a determination to have Judge Barrett approved by October 31, 2020 and sitting on the bench by the presidential election. [ 544 more words ]
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AMY CONEY BARRETT: Probable Next U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was certainly no stranger to adversity. Prior to dying before Ruth graduated from high school, her mother inspired a love of learning in her. Graduating at the top of her class at Cornell University, she entered law school at Harvard. There she experienced the kind of adversity that either makes or brakes people. At that time, she was a mother, her husband, also a law school student, was treating for cancer and she was one of 9 female students in a male dominated 500 person class. [ 314 more words ]
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RUTH BADER GINSBURG, A NAME TO REMEMBER
Franklin County Municipal Judge William Pollitt passed away last week from COVID-19 at the age of 72. Appointed to the Bench in 1996, Judge Pollitt served 24 years on the bench. A former OSU linebacker and guard, Judge Pollitt was on the team in 1968 when OSU won the national championship. He also made the tackle on the opening kickoff of the Rose Bowl game in 1969. [ 137 more words ]
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Municipal Judge Succumbs to COVID-19
Thank you, Wes. This is a very worthy cause. I am sure you will ride the entirety of the 100 miles. Good luck.
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Wesley is Riding 100 miles to Fight Kids' Cancer!
Is there really absolute prosecutorial discretion when it comes to plea deals with those accused of criminal activity? Perhaps not. On March 17, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio suspended City of Sylvania Assistant Prosecutor Anthony Spinazze for six months for his misstatements made to the Municipal Court Judge involving his reduction of an OVI charge to having physical control over a vehicle while under the influence, a first-degree misdemeanor. [ 275 more words ]
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Prosecutorial Misconduct? Attorney is Suspended.
On August 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio publicly reprimanded Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Monica Hawkins after her conviction for OVI, a first-degree misdemeanor. She is the third judge to be publicly reprimanded this year for such conduct. The incident occurred on January 31, 2019 in Pickerington, Ohio, where Judge Hawkins was arrested after a citizen called 911 reporting a suspected intoxicated driver. [ 301 more words ]
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Judge’s OVI Nets Public Reprimand
