The Cleveland Plain Dealer came out with a strong editorial supporting judicial elections and a campaign rule that would let judicial candidates list their party affiliations in campaign ads – a move the paper called “a big plus for free speech, common sense and Ohio voters.”

For many years, Ohio was mired in one of the worst legal liability climates in the nation—rated as low as 43rd among the states. Business and jobs fled the state. During much of this decade, while the rest of the United States enjoyed robust growth and low unemployment, Ohioans felt as if they […]

 
Justice at Stake – the group bankrolled by billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros – has taken its campaign to elbow voters out of judicial elections to Ohio.