Watch the VideoLouis C. Greenwood Lecture Series
CWRU Law Downtown at the City Club
In May 2018, the voters of Ohio approved changes to the Ohio Constitution, reforming the way Ohio will draw federal congressional district lines after the census in 2020. These reforms were promoted by citizen group coalition led by Common Cause of Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio. Almost immediately thereafter, the ACLU of Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio filed suit challenging the congressional district lines currently in effect. If successful, this lawsuit could require that district lines be redrawn before the congressional elections in 2020. CWRU Adjunct Law Professor and League of Women Voters activist Catherine LaCroix will discuss (1) the Ohio and federal constitutional contexts, including a comparison of the relative roles of citizen activism and litigation in promoting legal change; (2) the details of the voter-adopted reform, and (3) the theories behind and possible implications of the federal lawsuit.
Speaker: Catherine LaCroix
Adjunct Professor of Law
