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Ohio's attorney general to ask U.S. Supreme Court to override federal court's refusal to delay its order for state lawmakers to redraw Ohio's unconstitutional congressional map by June 14.... Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, seeks the delay pending the outcome of his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the state regarding a federal court ruling that deemed the current congressional map unconstitutional because it is drawn to favor Republicans elected to congress in Ohio over Democrats, among other issues.......By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog Clevelandurbannews.com , CLEVELAND, Ohio - A three-judge panel of the U.S.District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus on Thursday denied Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's request or motion to stay the case or to block a ruling from going forward that the same judicial panel issued last Friday that orders the Republican-controlled state legislature to redraw its congressional map by June 14, an order issued in conjunction with the court's finding last week that Ohio's current congressional map is unconstitutional. Frida

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost appeals federal court ruling that tossed out Ohio's unconstitutional congressional map to the U.S. Supreme Court and asks the federal court to put the case on hold pending the outcome of the appeal...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Clevelandurbannews.com , CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday filed a notice of appeal and asked a federal court to block implementation of a ruling by a three- judge panel issued Friday that deemed Ohio's current congressional map unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to redraw it by June 14, a win for Democrats who say the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly arbitrarily drew the current electoral map to favor Republican candidates over Democrats for elections in Ohio to congress. The motion filed by Yost in the U.S.District Court for the Southern District of Ohio petitions the court to stay the cas

League of Women Voters of Ohio, ACLU win lawsuit as federal court throws out Ohio's congressional map after deeming it unconstitutional...."Today's victory ensures that voters' voices will be restored," said Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio.... The ruling against gerrymandering requires that the Republican controlled Ohio state legislature redraw its current congressional map as to voting relative to Ohio's 12 congressional seats, only four of them held by Democrats, namely U.S. Representatives Marcia Fudge and Marcy Kaptur, whose districts include Cleveland, and Joyce Beatty and Tim Ryan, a presidential candidate .....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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League of Women Voters of Ohio Executive Director Jen Miller By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 at  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Clevelandurbannews.com , CLEVELAND, Ohio -A three- judge panel on Friday ruled Ohio's current congressional map unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to redraw it by the 2020 election, a win for Democrats who say the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly favors Republican candidates for congress and the state's controversial congressional map is evidence of such partisan posture. The decision on Ohio's electoral map by the judicial panel of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Cincinnati, which follows a series of similar rulings in other states across the country, in

Updated: Mayor Jackson suspends Cleveland red light traffic camera program that issued fines based upon snapshots of speeding motorists after appeals court deems the program unconstitutional and illegal, East Cleveland traffic cameras affected by ruling, Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue pursuant to an appeals court ruling that deemed traffic cameras in Toledo, Ohio unconstitutional, bill to ban traffic cameras under state law passed the Ohio House of Representatives and is pending in the Ohio Senate

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson CLEVELAND, Ohio-A three-judge panel of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Thursday that Cleveland's red light traffic ticket cameras that take snapshots of speeding motorists for subsequent fines are unconstitutional and illegal because Ohio's municipal courts have sole authority or jurisdiction over violations of codified city ordinances under the the Ohio Constitution. In that same case that same judicial panel also ruled 2 to 1 that appellant Sam Jodka, the trial court defendant who prosecuted th