Elected (nonpartisan)7 justices· 6-year terms· Ohio
Chief: Voters elect the Chief Justice to that specific seat in a separate statewide election (since 2021 partisan-affiliated; justices otherwise on a nonpartisan general-election ballot).
Adopted 1851. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Ohio constitution means.
Primacy, interprets its own constitution first
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).
