Cincinnati Law Library Blog
This blawg provides summaries and links of appellate and U.S. Supreme Court decisions as well as reports on legislative action in Ohio and the U.S. Congress.
Author: Chuck Kallendorf.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Libraries • Legislation & Lobbying • States • Ohio
Recent Posts from Cincinnati Law Library Blog
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Is Ohio's personal income tax in danger of extinction?
Is Ohio’s personal income tax in danger of extinction? We don’t really think so, but an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tuesday morning, cites a Buckeye Institute study “asserting that cutting the state’s $9.1…
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Ohio paid sick leave initiative
Advocates have been pushing for paid sick days since the Family & Medical Leave Act was passed eleven years ago, requiring employers to give employees up to 12 weeks unpaid leave a year, an MSNBC…
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Proposed FBI guidelines
The University of Pittsburgh’s Jurist, last week, brought our attention to a letter from Senate Judiciary Committee leaders Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, asking he delay implementation of new FBI…
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Ohio DNA preservation bill
Following up on one of Wednesday’s posts, we see that a bill has now been introduced in the Ohio Senate Wednesday that is designed to expand the use of DNA testing and to better protect…
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Retention of DNA samples/evidence
A Columbus Dispatch article this past weekend projects state lawmakers being scheduled to introduce a bill in the Ohio General Assembly soon, “fundamentally changing how crime is investigated & prosecuted in the State, and making…
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Ten Commandments vs. "moral relativist views"
The U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio last week ruled that Richland County Court of Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese did not violate a federal court order by displaying a poster depicted as “an editorial…
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Ohio EPA's clean interstate air proposal
Chris Korleski, head of Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency, testifying before the Senate subcommittee on Clean Air and Energy, last Tuesday, urged passage of a law which would allow the federal government to devise regional plans…
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New York law applied in pollution indemnity
Speaking of pollution, a New York Law Journal article this morning relates that the Manhattan Supreme Court has ruled that “the interpretation of insurance policies indemnifying the General Electric Company against liabilities for hundreds of…
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3rd. Circuit affirms Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional
The 3rd. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally broad & vague, upholding last year’s ruling from the District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania. (Ruling) An Associated Press/New York Times…
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Kentucky Illegal Immigration Test
A lawsuit filed, pro se, in Eastern Kentucky U.S. District Court, Monday, has observers on both sides of the issue saying it’s unique, if controversial, new spin on the volatile national debate over immigration policies…