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By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture As Ohio begins a new year, its prison population again is approaching record levels. Moreover, Ohio’s prison population is expected to hit 52,169 inmates this year. That’s more than double the number of incarcerated Ohioans from 25 years […]

By Larry Hayman Pre-Law Specialist Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture In a case that brings together unlikely allies, the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 3 heard oral arguments in a case that seeks to determine whether, and in what circumstances, the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture Becoming the first appeals court to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor, the Sixth Circuit reversed four decisions by four district court judges in four states striking down same sex […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture As the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes this week, it does so under a staggering statistic. Though the United States accounts for only 5 percent of the world’s population, that nation accounts for over 25 percent of the […]

By Larry Hayman Pre-Law Specialist Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture On the eve of the beginning of early voting in Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court has stepped in and reinstated early voting restrictions passed by the Ohio General Assembly, but deemed likely unconstitutional by a U.S. District […]

From The Desk of the Pre-Law Specialist, Larry Hayman Ohio’s election laws have fared poorly with federal courts this month. On Sept. 4, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Peter Economus, found that there was a strong likelihood that Ohio SB 238 and Ohio Secretary of State Directive 2014-17 violated both […]