O'CONNOR, C.J., and DONNELLY, STEWART, and BRUNNER, JJ., concur.
KENNEDY and DEWINE, JJ., dissent, with an opinion.
FISCHER, J., dissents, with an opinion.
KENNEDY and DEWTNE, JJ., dissenting.
{172} We dissent from the majority's pronouncement that the revised
General Assembly-district plan violates Article XI, Sections 6(A) and 6(B) of the
Ohio Constitution and is therefore invalid. And we disagree with the majority's
decision to retain jurisdiction over this case and to set arbitrary time limitations and
new rules for the Ohio Redistricting Commission's work that have no basis in the
text of the Ohio Constitution.
{173} It is apparent that m disregard of constitutional standards, four
members of this court have now commandeered the redistricting process and that
they will continue to reject any General Assembly-district plan until they get the
plan they want. It would simplify matters if the commission would just provide the
majority with the map-drawing software, Maptitude, so that they can draw the map
themselves. At this point, one must wonder which seven-member body is the true
redistricting commission-the constitutionally named officers or this court?
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