Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Ohio’s Qualified Immunity Ballot Initiative

Supreme Court keeps Ohio’s qualified immunity ballot initiative on ice: Pending a full Supreme Court review, Ohio voters are now prevented from gathering signatures for a proposal repealing qualified immunity that has already been blocked nearly a dozen t

Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Ohio’s Qualified Immunity Ballot Initiative

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 10 issued an order temporarily preventing Ohio voters who support repealing the qualified immunity rule from gathering signatures to place the issue on a future Ohio ballot. Qualified immunity, a rule created by the courts, shields government officials, including police officers, from individual liability unless the wrongdoer violated a clearly established right. Civil libertarians have become increasingly critica…

Brett Kavanaugh hits pause on state ballot measure to end 'qualified immunity'

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued an administrative stay on an Ohio ballot initiative. Ohio voters signed enough petitions to get a measure included on the November ballot that, if passed, would end qualified immunity, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported in December. Qualified immunity...

Sixth Circuit on 2-1 Vote Lifts Stay in Longrunning Dispute over Ohio AG’s Failure to Approve Ballot Language Summary for Petition Circulation; AG Goes to SCOTUS

You can find the Sixth Circuit’s order and dissent at this link. The AG is already off to SCOTUS. The post Sixth Circuit on 2-1 Vote Lifts Stay in Longrunning Dispute over Ohio AG’s Failure to Approve Ballot Language Summary for Petition Circulation; AG Goes to SCOTUS appeared first on Election Law Blog.