Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Commission’s Redrawn State Legislative Maps

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Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Commission’s Redrawn State Legislative Maps

Washington, D.C. – Today, Eric H. Holder, Jr., the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, released the following statement in response to the Ohio Supreme Court striking down the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s gerrymandered state legislative maps, which were redrawn in response to a previous state Supreme Court order: 

“Republican commissioners tried and failed to deceive the state’s highest tribunal into thinking that maps with inconsequential revisions and passed on a party-line vote, are maps that could adhere to the Court’s previous order and the constitutional reform put in place by the people of Ohio. Their breathtaking arrogance has once again been checked, making it clear that Republican attempts to neuter the judiciary will not be successful. It is past time for the Republican commissioners to draw fair maps as mandated by the Court and by the constitution.”

Click here to read the Ohio Supreme Court’s order and here to read the opinion. 

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