• News
  • Business
  • Donate
  • Features
    • Opinions
    • Arts & Style
    • Video
    • Photos
    • Interviews
    • Audio
  • About Us
  • New Americans Business Magazine
  • Contact
  • News
  • Business
  • Donate
  • Features
    • Opinions
    • Arts & Style
    • Video
    • Photos
    • Interviews
    • Audio
  • About Us
  • New Americans Business Magazine
  • Contact
Popular
Recent
Comments
Tags
  • U. S. 2020 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens Wednesday, Oct, 3

    October 1, 2018

    Feyi Tolani: An Advocate-In-Nursing

    November 1, 2018

    America’s Immigration Debate: The “Danger of Telling a Single Story.”

    February 13, 2017
  • Rep. Dontavius Jarrells returns to alma mater to g ...

    March 16, 2023

    Ohio Governor DeWine Approves $575,000 for Teen Dr ...

    March 16, 2023

    Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Moms2B work to red ...

    March 16, 2023
  • Good job, sir!

    January 12, 2021

    I'm call Haji I live the dadaab comp I am a refuge ...

    October 12, 2020

    Narayan vai, you spoke the truth about the importa ...

    September 6, 2020
  • Zimbabwe Youths Youth Foundation Younger Ohioans Yoga International Day Yoga Day X Gender Passport Worthington Christian School World Food Day World Cup 2022 World Cup Workplace Women's Commission Women's Big 10 Women Basketball Women and Families Wisconsin Badgers Who wins Ohio 2018 elections? When DACA Calls Westerville schools Wellness Walk Weekend Weddings/Funerals Wedding banquet Wear Masks
  • Rep. Dontavius Jarrells returns to alma mater to g ...

  • Ohio Governor DeWine Approves $575,000 for Teen Dr ...

  • Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Moms2B work to red ...

  • Amy Harcar focuses lens on White Hall City Council ...

  •  CRIS, Columbus Division of Police build Community ...

  • Norfolk Southern CEO appears before Congress

  • Arab American Bar Association of Ohio gives schola ...

  • Sophia Fifner becomes CEO of Columbus Metropolitan ...

  • Ohio’s Female Executives and Rising leaders

  • New American Leadership Academy begins 2023 cohort ...

  • Ohio’s Female Executives and Rising leaders

  • Sophia Fifner becomes CEO of Columbus Metropolitan ...

  • Arab American Bar Association of Ohio gives schola ...

  • Norfolk Southern CEO appears before Congress

  •  CRIS, Columbus Division of Police build Community ...

  • Amy Harcar focuses lens on White Hall City Council ...

  • Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Moms2B work to red ...

  • Ohio Governor DeWine Approves $575,000 for Teen Dr ...

  • Rep. Dontavius Jarrells returns to alma mater to g ...

  • New American Leadership Academy begins 2023 cohort ...

Previous Next

Judges Zayas and Jamison with Justice Brunner at Third Friday Democrats luncheon

Posted by: New Americans Magazine , June 19, 2022

By Okon Ekpenyong

The Third Friday Democrats Luncheon on June 17, 2022, at the Boathouse Restaurant in Columbus, featured three Supreme Court Candidates Judge Marilyn Zayas, Judge Terri Jamison and Justice Jennifer Brunner. They are from various backgrounds and had the chance to tell the potential voters how justice matters for everyone, not just those with deep pockets.

The Luncheon is a venue for politically interested individuals to meet and engage with local and state government officials to discuss current matters. It takes place every Friday of the month at Confluence Park in Downtown Columbus.

Chairperson of the Third Democrat

Chairperson of the Third Democrat and Council Member from Reynoldsburg Kristin Bryant said, “We want these Supreme Court Candidates not only to get elected but to use their seats to defend our democracy. If we allow unconstitutional matters to persist, it will not level the playing field for everyone.”

“We want a candidate working for the public’s best interest rather than heading to the bench to gain popularity and power, and that’s why judges Terri Jamison, Marilyn Zayas, and Justice Brunner are here at the Third Friday Democrats Luncheon. We believe that their vision and body of work speak for themselves and can positively impact the Supreme court,” Bryant said.

“At the third Democrat Luncheon, what stuck with me was when Judge Marilyn Zayas shared her views on how the law is a great equalizer. Suppose we don’t have the right people in the seat that can understand every day in high winds. In that case, they won’t be able to hand down an appropriate conclusion of whatever case is before them,” Reynoldsburg Council Member Meredith Lawson-Roe added.

Voters and candidates

A candidate running for the state’s highest Court knows that their every decision-making on the bench impacts everybody. No matter what type of a case a judge handles, the question remains: Was it constitutional, and did the plaintiff and defendant get a fair trial?

Voters are more interested in how a candidate may rule when a plaintiff goes up against insurance companies or real estate owners, for example, regardless of their party line, rather than just checking their ballot boxes to discover which party a candidate belongs to in reality. Does the little guy stand a chance against a big corporation in Court in a net shell?

Supreme Court

Ohio Supreme Court has seven members, chief Justice, and six associate Justice, elected during the Ohio voting process. Out of those seven, three of the Justice are democrats, and three seats are also up for grabs this year. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will retire from the bench this year because she reached the term limit at seventy. Therefore, her seat will be vacant as of January 1st, 2023, but not for long because both Supreme Court Associate Justice Jennifer Brunner and Sharon L. Kennedy are vying for that seat.

Hoping to join Justice Brunner in the Supreme Court is a highly respected judge, Marilyn Zayas of the Cincinnati-based 1st Ohio District Court of Appeals. She will face Justice Pat DeWine, who is seeking re-election. Justice Patrick F. Fischer, also seeking re-election, will meet challenger Judge Terri Jamison in November general election.

Judge Terri Jamison

Judge Jamison is currently an Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. In her prior office, she was the Judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division.

“As a judge, I can write a decision that impacts people’s lives, and it is an honor to know how much empathy I can provide on that decision, especially where I come from.” While in the CPDRJ, the Judge started a ” Commons ” program for men and women behind on Child Support and unemployed. The program works with community partners to give them a chance to get back on the road to success.

New American Community and Judge Zayas

The state of Ohio, especially its capital, Columbus, has a significant immigrant population. So, representation on the bench matters, especially for those with language barriers who fear they may not get a fair trial.

“The courts made some strides in terms of interpreters, but I would say more bilingual information, more implicit bias training on the parts of judges, and you know greater access to interpreters quickly,” Justice Jennifer Brunner said.

Judge Zayas is the first Latino-American elected to a court of appeals in Ohio. Before serving as a judge, she worked as an information technology manager for Procter and Gamble and as an attorney.

“Individuals presenting their cases before the Supreme Court must be thoroughly analyzed and considered. So, seeing seven justices that look alike, coming from the same cultural, educational, life experience, and family background, would give the community hopes of an equal hearing in Court,” Judge Marilyn Zayas, supreme court candidate, said.

“My judicial philosophy is rooted in my experience of discrimination and growing up in neighborhoods with people who said you’re not going to do anything with your life,” Judge Zayas said. She believes representation on the bench is critical because of the country’s diversity.

Zayas’s decision to leave Procter and Gamble as an IT Manager left many questionings why but she said, “it was a fantastic company with huge salaries and an excellent retirement. However, heading to law school was because I wanted to stand next to clients who had similar struggles as some of my families did while growing up and ensure that they had a fair trial in the Court of law. Now that I am on the bench, my hopes remain the same.”

After serving on the bench for numerous years, she is running for the Supreme Court seat because she wants to be on the other side to ensure that those perspectives are coming in and that a case at Ohio’s highest Court deserves a fair hearing.

“I’ll see something and bring it up that the other judges might have missed or would not have noticed, and that is why having different perspectives in the courtroom can change the outcome of a case. So, when it comes to the Justice system, everyone who comes to the courthouse can breathe with the hope that they will have a fair opportunity, representation, and a golden chance,” Judge Zayas added.

Historical Note

If elected, Judge Terri Jamison would become just the second African American women to serve in the Ohio Supreme Court. Justice Melody J. Stewart, whose term began on January 2nd, 2019, was the first African American woman elected.

Justice Robert Duncan, however, became the first African American man or woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1969.

Florence Allen was the first female Supreme Court justice in Ohio and the nation in 1922. And current Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is the first woman from either party ever elected to be the chief. So, If Ohioans elected Justice Brunner, she would then become the second female and perhaps the first Democrat.

Seventeen of the 50 State Chief Justices in the U.S., either Democrats or Republicans, are women, meaning we have come a long way. “For the first and second-generation Americans, whether they were born in the U.S or emigrated from elsewhere, they will understand that they have value and a chance,” all three judges told the New Americans Magazine.

Support the New Americans magazine to continue to serve our community with precise news that affect the new American, immigrant and refugee community. https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8LHFS78NRNJJY&source=url

Post Views: 837

Tags: Supreme Court

Share!
Tweet

New Americans Magazine

About the author

Deba Uwadiae is an international journalist, author, global analyst, consultant, publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the New Americans Magazine Group, Columbus, Ohio. He is a member of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association, OCLA.

Related Posts

Ohio Governor DeWine Approves $575,000 for Teen Driver Safety Scholarship Awards

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has announced more than half a million dollars, $575,000 in grants th ...

Sophia Fifner becomes CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Club

By Okon Ekpenyong I shared a table with Jane Scott, the current CEO of the Columbus Metropolita ...

New American Leadership Academy begins 2023 cohort March 8

Twenty one diverse leaders originally from 15 different countries will begin training at the Oh ...

Columbus-based “Clean Water for All in Africa” advocate Tim Rosshirt speaks at UN 2023 Water Conference

Columbus, Ohio-based advocate for clean water for all in Zimbabwe in Africa, and Executive Dire ...

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Advertisement

0
Popular
Recent
Comments
  • U. S. 2020 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens Wednesday, Oct, 3

    October 1, 2018

    Feyi Tolani: An Advocate-In-Nursing

    November 1, 2018

    America’s Immigration Debate: The “Danger of Telling a Single Story.”

    February 13, 2017
  • Rep. Dontavius Jarrells returns to alma mater to g ...

    March 16, 2023

    Ohio Governor DeWine Approves $575,000 for Teen Dr ...

    March 16, 2023

    Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine and Moms2B work to red ...

    March 16, 2023
  • Good job, sir!

    January 12, 2021

    I'm call Haji I live the dadaab comp I am a refuge ...

    October 12, 2020

    Narayan vai, you spoke the truth about the importa ...

    September 6, 2020

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016

Contact Form


1+1=


American international journalist and author of "The Immigrant on Columbus Way: A True Life Guide To Settling Down As A New Immigrant To America "

Current/Past Issues

  • DailyNews
  • Hotels
  • Hotwire
  • Merchantic
  • Reference
  • Thesaurus
  • Urbanspoon

All used images are licensed by The New Americans Magazine.

Copyright © 2018 The New Americans Magazine | Layout and design by LiQiD inc