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A Free Online Guide For Researching The Ohio Constitution, Sue M. Altmeyer
A Free Online Guide For Researching The Ohio Constitution, Sue M. Altmeyer
Sue M Altmeyer
Attorneys and law students should have knowledge of the Ohio Constitution because it offers another legal grounds for their client's cases, sometimes over and above the rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution. The Ohio Constitution is often in the news, pertaining to recent court cases or proposals to amend the state constitution. Various groups are attempting to amend the Ohio Constitution to, among other things, allow for same-sex marriage, marijuana legalization, and to create an Ohio Voter Bill of Rights. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library makes a free research guide available for researching the Ohio Constitution: Law and History …
Same-Sex Divorce, Tracy A. Thomas
Same-Sex Divorce, Tracy A. Thomas
Tracy A. Thomas
Same-sex marriage is now legal in seventeen states and sixteen countries. The question increasingly being asked is how these couples can divorce. For those who remain in their home state or in a marriage equality state, the divorce process should be the same as for any other marriage. The problem arises because people are transient; couples often relocate for jobs or family, or they initially traveled out of their home state for the marriage. “In a highly mobile society, state bans on same-sex marriage have in many cases made untying the knot far harder than tying it in the first …