Back in August we revealed Patrick Fischer, head of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), was eagerly hoping to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stratton.

Yesterday we found out Fisher, just as predicted, applied for the job.

Kasich will be appointing Stratton’s replacement, something Fischer obviously knew when he threw the full resources of his organization behind the effort to kill Issue 2,  the redistricting ballot measure that would have forced the drawing of fair and competitive legislative and congressional districts, possibly ending the Republican stranglehold on Ohio’s General Assembly and putting all of Kasich’s big plans at risk.

Julie Carr Smyth […]