Clinical Professor Ken Kowalski published a letter to the editor in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Tuesday, August 23rd, supporting Warren Buffett’s assertion that the rich should pay more taxes. To read the letter, click here: http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2011/08/warren_buffet_is_right_the_ric.html
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Steinglass Advocates for the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission to Review and Revise the Ohio Constitution
Dean Emeritus Steven Steinglass has been active in the effort to create an Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission as a means to review and revise Ohio’s constitution . He published, today, an Op-Ed in the Columbus Dispatch entitled Constitutional Commission is the Way to Go. The Op-Ed provides a history of the Ohio constitutional amendment processes and advocates for a new approach to constitutional revision. He urges voters to reject the option of a Constitutional Convention, which will appear on the ballot in November 2012. Instead, the new approach, supported by a broad, bi-partisan coalition, would allow a bi-partisan commission to review the constitution and propose changes to the legislature. The commission includes 12 legislators – six from each house divided equally between Republicans and Democrats – and 20 non-legislators selected by the legislative members. It may make recommendations to the General Assembly only by a two-thirds vote. Steinglass argues that the commission approach is well suited to facing the complex and divisive issues that will undoubtedly arise, and that the nature of the commission and approval process will ensure that only broadly supportable proposals will emerge.
To read Dean Steinglass’ Op-Ed, please click here. http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2011/07/27/constitutional-commission-is-the-way-to-go.html?sid=101
Dean Steinglass was also inverviewed on National Public Radio regarding the Constitutional Modernization Commission. Please click here for a link to the June 24 interview. Interview of Steven H. Steinglass on the Constitutional Modernization Commission and Call for a 2012 Constitutional Convention – Ideastream, WVIZ-PBS. The interview starts 16 minutes into the video, at 16:05. http://www.ideastream.org/ohio/entry/41029
C|M|LAW Receives Ohio Senate Commendation for the 2010 Diversity Matters Award
The 128th General Assembly of Ohio has honored C|M|LAW with a commendation for receiving the 2010 Diversity Matters Award from the Law School Admissions Council.
Ohio Senate Commendation
Hoke Actively Engaged and Commenting on Voting and Election Law Issues
Professor Candice Hoke has been active this summer in the area of Election Law. She was recently interviewed by The Statesman, an Austin, Texas, newspaper regarding a voting system decision of the Texas Supreme Court. Commenting on the current state of electronic voting, Hoke said “[t]he court’s conclusion means that electronic voting is likely be further entrenched, even as researchers find new vulnerabilities. ” She added, “[a]s precedent it’ll be difficult to overturn, but courageous courts could do so.” You can read the story at http://www.statesman.com/news/local/texas-supreme-court-dismisses-challenge-to-electronic-voting-1575833.html
Professor Candice Hoke
Professor Hoke spoke last week at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She participated in the Software Assurance Summer Working Group. At the working group event, Professor Hoke chaired a panel on licensing and credentialing for software engineers. You can download (application/pdf, 440.3 kB, info) the program, and see the event webpage here: https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/events/1290-BSI.html.
In July, Hoke participated in an international conference on Verifiable Elections and the Public in Dagstuhl, Germany. Participants included computer scientists, political scientists, and government officials from around the world who work on internet or all-electronic elections. The purpose of the seminar was to address the security and perceptions of security for electronic and internet voting systems worldwide. For more information, see http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/program/calendar/semhp/?semnr=11281
Professor Hoke is serving as the Program Committee Chair for a peer-review international conference on Governance of Technology. To date, the committee has released a Call for Papers for the conference, which will be held in December 2011.
Finally, Professor Hoke has reviewed and commented on eight papers, and participated in discussion regarding their acceptance for a workshop on Electronic Voting Technology.
Lind Quoted Regarding Bank Responsibility for Foreclosed Properties
Clinical Professor Kermit Lind
Clinical Professor Kermit Lind, who has long worked on nuisance actions against numerous banks, was quoted in the Washington Post newspaper on June 30th in Complex System Leaves Thousands of Foreclosure Properties to Become Eyesores. The article discusses the complicated system that leaves banks responsible for the condition of foreclosed properties, a responsibility that many say that are not meeting. You can read the full article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/complex-system-leaves-thousands-of-bank-owned-properties-to-become-eyesores/2011/06/28/AG0EFDsH_story_1.html
Steinglass quoted in Cincinnati Enquirer article on the high stakes casino fight in Ohio
Dean Emeritus Steven Steinglass was quoted in a recent Cincinnati Enquirer article regarding Governor Kasich’s exploration of additional taxes and fees on the new casinos. Ohio voters opted to amend the Ohio Constitution to require the new casinos to pay a 33 percent tax on gambling revenues, all usual business taxes and a one-time $50 million licensing fee. Kasich would like to revisit the level of fees and taxes imposed on the casinos. Steinglass stated: “I don’t see how they change the tax rate or impose fees short of another constitutional amendment.” To see the full text of the article, click here http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201105080522/NEWS0108/105080345
Inniss and Ray Win CSU Faculty Scholarship Initiative Grants
Professors Lolita Buckner Inniss and Brian Ray received CSU Faculty Scholarship Initiative grants from the CSU Office of Sponsored Programs and Research. Professor Inniss’ grant will support her project “The Princeton Fugitive Slave Case: Jimmy the College Apple Man and Memories of Slavery.” Professor Ray’s grant will support his project “South Africa, Socioeconomic Rights and the Second-Wave Cases.”
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