Jessica Dickinson

The Ohio Fair Courts Alliance started and finished strong in 2025! We hosted three civic education forums with over 325 attendees on timely crucial topics. First, in March we celebrated Sunshine Week and shined a light on the need for greater government transparency and shared how to make a public records request. You can view the recording here . Our second event focused on the threats to due process, the rule of law, and the US Constitution. Civil rights experts Subodh Chandra  and Omar...

What do traffic tickets, small claims, and landlord-tenant disputes have in common?   They are all decided in municipal court  - small courts with a big impact. On Election Day, November 4, 2025, voters in 38 Ohio counties will elect municipal court judges.  Why It Matters No matter on what level of court they serve, all judges make decisions that affect your everyday life along with the lives of your families and communities. Judges are called upon to consider the specific facts of the cases...

This article describes how the courts and judges fit into the Citizens Not Politicians proposed redistricting amendment and lays out the...