Ohio attorney general certifies proposed ban on police immunity after loss at US Supreme Court
- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost permitted a constitutional amendment proposal to advance on April 22, 2025.
- This step followed a Supreme Court ruling declining to block a preliminary injunction backing the measure's supporters.
- Lower courts ruled Yost's repeated summary rejections placed a severe burden on organizers interacting with voters.
- Attorney Mark Brown commented Yost "can't be trusted with that amount of power."
- The proposal, aiming to end qualified immunity for government workers, now moves to the Ohio Ballot Board.
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From a Columbus back alley to the US Supreme Court
Has any Ohio citizen-led amendment worked this hard, overcome so many hurdles, and faced such disingenuous opposition from their own state government to get its constitutional amendment in front of voters? “No,” Cynthia Brown said bluntly to the Free Press. Brown is the energy and leadership behind the Ohio Coalition To End Qualified Immunity.Wen it comes to changing the policy which shields Ohio law enforcement from civil litigation after viola…
Ohio AG Certifies Police Immunity Ban Proposal After Supreme Court Defeat - Miamistandard News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following a devastating defeat at the United States Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Tuesday that he was dropping his objections and allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that would abolish qualified immunity for police and other government employees to proceed. Yost’s action came on the same day that the Supreme Court rejected to stay a preliminary injunction issued by the United Sta…
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