Ohio Republicans Call For Impeaching GOP Chief Justice Of State Supreme Court Over Her Redistricting Ruling

The Columbus Dispatch reports:

House Republicans are discussing whether to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a third set of legislative maps and effectively ended all hope of a full May 3rd primary.

The court struck down the maps on Wednesday with O’Connor as the deciding vote, sending the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the drawing board for the fourth time. A ruling on the latest congressional maps is expected any day.

O’Connor, a Republican, is seen as an independent voice on the court and sided with Democrat justices to throw out multiple sets of maps, arguing they did not comply with constitutional rules for redistricting.

Read the full article. Photo: Rep. Scott Wiggam.

Ohio Republicans are talking about impeaching Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a fellow Republican who sided with the court’s three Democrats in rejecting state legislative and congressional district maps drawn to preserve sizeable GOP majorities. https://t.co/UUVMrpXJJD

— Jackie Borchardt (@JMBorchardt) March 18, 2022

Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday he does not support any effort to impeach the chief justice.
“This is an extraordinary measure to take and I don’t think we want to go down that pathway because we disagree with a decision by a court,” DeWine said.https://t.co/sSXCmyaFz9

— FairDistrictsOhio (@OhFairDistricts) March 18, 2022

It’s time to impeach Maureen O’Connor now.

— Rep. Scott Wiggam (@Scott_Wiggam) March 17, 2022