"House Bill 109 is by far the worst free speech-related bill I have ever seen in the Ohio General Assembly after 23 years working on civil liberties issues with the ACLU of Ohio." - Gary Daniels, Chief Lobbyist
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The ACLU of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit today in Ohio Supreme Court challenging Ohio’s newly drawn maps for state House and Senate districts that give extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party.
“Unfortunately, this proposed map does not uphold the letter or the spirit of reform that 70% of Ohioans voted for in 2015."
This week the ACLU of Ohio placed a billboard advertisement in Capital Square with a bleak reminder: “For Every FIVE People the State of Ohio Has Executed, ONE Person Has Been Found Innocent.”
Today the ACLU of Ohio and the OJPC filed an appeal in their lawsuit on behalf of incarcerated individuals whose COVID-19 emergency relief checks were garnished by ODRC.
COLUMBUS — Today the ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) filed a lawsuit challenging the Ohio Parole Board and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) current unwritten policy of denying parole to all individuals who had previ