Could the incidents and lawsuits have been prevented?
Well 3 weeks before Derek Walker joined in the roadside beating of a teenager that would get his partner indicted, this review board cleared him. No training or supervision necessary, it said wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Troopers Ralph Justus and Jarod Tupper allegedly beat the hell out of a guy in the parking lot of a Police detachment.
The review board cleared 6 separate incidents from Tupper both before & after the lawsuit and $150,000 settlement. He’s still a trooper wvgazettemail.com/news/legal_aff…
Justus alone would run up - $975,000 tab in settlements.
Ohio Supreme Court issues overturns state legislative redistricting map, finding lawmakers violated new constitutional proportionality requirements adopted by voters. New maps due in 10 days. supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0…
Still remarkable that the governor explicitly said he would not judge the map one way or another before *voting in favor of it*
Majority opinion finds the redistricting commission didn't even "attempt" to draw maps in compliance w/ the Constitution.
This process was driven by the Senate President, a lawyer who championed the new const. language, and the House Speaker, a former Supreme Court justice
“Due to the limited time available and the serious nature of this announcement, we will be limiting questions to those directly related to the announcement. Reporters are asked to submit questions in advance of the question and answer session”
Translated: the Governor wants to control the kinds of questions reporters can ask about at a *remote* video conference and also have a chance to read them over beforehand.
DeWine, in my personal opinion, is usually pretty decent to the press. But this is weak.
Ohio Supreme Court today dismissed a lawsuit alleging Ohio's vaccine lottery/distribution were, among other things, a violation of the Nuremberg Code.
Suit was dismissed on esoteric legal grounds without ever addressing the lie that vaccinated people are biological weapons
If you're unaware, the Nuremberg Code developed after the Holocaust when human experiments were conducted on unconsenting Jews in concentration camps. It really is a sick claim ushmm.org/information/ex…
The court just didn't even bother touching this one, which besides being nonsensical health information, was a pretty aggressive way to talk to Supreme Court justices when you're asking them to do something
BREAKING: Ohio utility company FirstEnergy signs deferred prosecution agreement with feds, including a $230 mil penalty for wire fraud and criminal forfeiture of $6.4 mil
~40 page stipulation of facts attached. Will update
FirstEnergy was the sole funder of dark money group Partners for Progress, which was used as a pass through between FirstEnergy and Gen Now (Householder's account)
Dan McCarthy, a principle to P4P, is now a top legislative aide to Gov. Mike DeWine
Larry Householder, before becoming Speaker, emailed wiring instructions to FirstEnergy executives for getting their money to Generation Now -- an entity he legally must be independent of
Caveat: this bill has been amended since I wrote this story, there have been negotiations for a while on other amendments, and we're talking about more amendments. So consider details fluid.