While judicial center staff, the court's three Democrats and O'Connor herself want the portrait displayed in the Grand Concourse, the court's three other Republican justices disagree.
Behind the scenes, there is a bruhaha over where Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's painted portrait should be hung in theJudicial center staff, three Democrats and O'Connor agreed it should go in the Grand Concourse, the main hallway on the first floor. It's a nod to O'Connor's place in Ohio history as the first female chief justice and someone who served in statewide elected office longer than any woman.− voted against the prominent spot.
DeWine said the only portrait appropriate for the Grand Concourse is the late Thomas J. Moyer, the long-time chief justice for whom the building is named. "I think decisions of this sort are best made with the wisdom that comes with time and should not be rushed through by a departing Justice at the end of the Justice's tenure," DeWine said.
Fischer said placing anything new or modern in the Grand Concourse"harms the historical value and beauty of that space." And Kennedy, who will succeed O'Connor as chief justice, said"For good reasons, government buildings have restrictions on the naming of, the use of, and the placement of art in. The historical Grand Concourse of the Supreme Court of Ohio is no exception."It's the latest sign of a rift on the seven-member court.
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