Bob Cupp

Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp and Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman went to the U.S. Supreme Court to get the Ohio Supreme Court off their backs on gerrymandering congressional districts. But a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision may doom their effort to failure.

An effort to change bail laws on the November ballot has been delayed, but Republican legislative leaders said they expect the resolution to see movement again soon.

A federal court has ruled that Ohio redistricting officials have until May 28 to implement new state legislative district maps, if they cannot meet that deadline, then the federal judges will implement a map already invalidated by the Ohio Supreme Court.

As Ohioans cast their votes for the May 3 primary races, there is still no word on when they will return to the polls to decide state legislative races.

In a filing Monday, Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker and Ohio Redisricting Commission co-chair Bob Cupp, both Republicans, said the fourth map is not in contempt, “It is compliance.” They argued that they met every point of the high court's order.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission met again on Sunday, but recessed without approving a new set of legislative maps.

Some Republican legislators have said that impeachment charges could be filed against Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor. But a key party leader isn’t taking a position on that.

The commission met Saturday to walk through what the mapmaking process should look like in order to adopt House and Senate district maps that are deemed constitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court.

There are questions about how to follow the law that prohibits "collaboration" between election boards and outside groups.

Republican leaders on the Ohio Redistricting Commission say they are working on a new plan for congressional district lines in order to comply with the latest supreme court ruling.