Ohio GOP hates Democracy

 Remember that Ohio constitutional amendment protecting the right to an abortion? You'd think having the plain language in the state constitution would be bulletproof. You'd be wrong.

"Republican legislators put out a statement saying the amendment wouldn’t stand in their way and floated what seems to be their plan for defeating it. They say they will vote to remove abortion from the state Supreme Court’s jurisdiction. “Ohio legislators will consider removing jurisdiction from the judiciary over this ambiguous ballot initiative.”

"In other words, by removing jurisdiction over the abortion issue the amendment would become meaningless text. Here’s the order of events: The state legislature passes an abortion ban. Litigants sue arguing that the law violates the express language of the state constitution. But the Supreme Court now lacks jurisdiction over the issue. So nothing happens. End of story.

"The additional part of the puzzle is that state Supreme Court is now stacked with Trumpy right-wing Republicans. So we shouldn’t imagine a disinterested court will be looking for a clever way out of under the state legislature’s power grab. They’ll be happy to take the permission slip the legislature has given them to ignore the new language in the constitution."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/could-sherrod-brown-luck-out