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James DeWeese (Ohio)
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James DeWeese was a judge of the Richland County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio.
DeWeese (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 50. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
James DeWeese was a judge on the Richland County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Mansfield, Ohio from 1990 to 2018.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title DeWeese retired on September 1, 2018.[1]
Elections
2014
See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
ran for re-election to the Richland County Court of Common Pleas General Division.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2008
DeWeese was re-elected to the Richland County Court of Common Pleas General Division in November 2008 for a six-year term, effective until February 8, 2015.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title
Education
DeWeese received his undergraduate degree from Miami University and his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law.[3]
Career
- 1990-2018: Judge, Richland County Court of Common Pleas General Division
- 1986-1990: Chief of the Civil Division, Richland County Prosecutor's Office and Magistrate, Richland County Court of Common Pleas
- 1979-1986: Attorney in private practice, Mansfield, Ohio
- 1979: Admitted to the Ohio Bar[3][4]
Awards and associations
- Member, Richland County Community Corrections Planning Board
- Member, Ohio Judicial Conference
- Member, Judicial Advisory Boards of CROSSWAEH Community Corrections Center and Licking-Muskingum Community Corrections Center[4]
Ten Commandments poster
Judge DeWeese was taken to court twice for hanging a poster of the Ten Commandments in his courtroom. The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on the case in 2006 when DeWeese was ordered to remove the poster, and he was in court again in 2010 over a newly redesigned version.[5]
In February 2011, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the poster violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Mansfield News Journal, "Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge James DeWeese to retire Sept. 1," June 15, 2018
- ↑ Richland County Board of Elections, "May 6, 2014 Primary Election Candidates and Issues," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: James DeWeese"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ohio Judicial Conference, 2011 Annual Meeting, "Examining the Constitution: A Judicial Perspective," September 8-9, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ United Press International "Judge goes to court over Ten Commandments," January 29, 2010
- ↑ ABAJournal, "6th Circuit Rules Against Ohio Judge's Modified Ten Commandments Poster," February 3, 2011
