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Ohio ranks 2nd nationally in state Supreme Court campaign spending
Ohio is at the “forefront” of states with “runaway judicial election spending,” according to a report released on Monday, Aug. 16.
Overall spending in Ohio state Supreme Court races between 2000 and 2009 totaled more than $29.8 million, ranking the state second in the nation, according to the report from the Justice at Stake Campaign, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
According to the report, spending on state Supreme Court elections nationally has more than doubled in the past decade, from $83.3 million in 1990-1999 to $206.9 million in 2000-2009.
In a foreword to the report, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor warned that recent trends could erode public confidence in elected state courts:
“This crisis of confidence in the judiciary is real and growing.
“Left unaddressed, the perception that justice is for sale will undermine the rule of law that the courts are supposed to uphold.”
Ohio’s top spenders on court races during the past decade, according to the report, were:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce/Ohio affiliates, $7.6 million; Citizens for an Independent Court, $1.5 million and the Ohio Democratic Party, almost $1.3 million.
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By Rob
August 16, 2010 3:20 PM | Link to this
Why should I be electing Judges anyway? Maybe, just maybe at the local level but certainly not the Supreme Court of Ohio. That’s just asking for abuse…and abuse is what we have.