DeRolph v. State

I view the majority opinions in DeRolph I and now DeRolph II as proceeding from a faulty premise — that Ohio’s Thorough and Efficient Clause provides the basis for this court to continually veto and/or revise the policy decisions of our coequal branch, the General Assembly.

Professor David Mayer of Capital University advances the argument that the premise is faulty by analogizing Ohio’s Thorough and Efficient Clause to the clause in the United States Constitution that empowers Congress to “provide for the common Defence.” David N. Mayer, DeRolph School Funding Ruling Goes Against Bedrock…