The politics of contempt: What the Ohio Supreme Court’s showdown with the redistricting
Phillip Strach, a North Carolina lawyer representing Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders, defends Ohio’s new state legislative maps in a Dec. 8, 2021 hearing before the Ohio Supreme Court. The court ended up striking the map down in January, has struck down two more sets of maps since then, and now is considering a fourth that it seems likely to also strike down. (Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com)
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s redistricting mess has set up a legal and political showdown between the court and the state’s other two branches of government. But it’s not entirely uncharted territory, even within Ohio.
The Ohio Supreme Court is currently considering whether to issue a contempt of court finding against the Ohio Redistricting Commission, a panel of state elected officials that includes Gov. Mike DeWine and Republican and Democratic state legislative leaders, over failures in the ongoing process of redistricting, redrawing state political maps to reflect population changes.
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