Alice Robie Resnick

Who is Alice Robie Resnick?

Alice Robie Resnick is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1988, she was the second woman in Ohio elected and third to serve on the state bench, and was reelected in 1994 and 2000. Her career has included experience as a private attorney, assistant county prosecutor, municipal judge, and as a judge on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals.

One of her most controversial opinions was the 4-3 majority ruling that Ohio's school funding system was unconstitutional. Some of her other opinions angered the Ohio Republicans, as well as the some members of business special interests, particularly the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

In 2000, she was opposed by Terrence O'Donnell, in a massive, though unsuccessful, campaign. The successor to Citizens for a Strong Ohio, an arm of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, was disciplined by the Ohio Elections Commission for its illegal use of anonymous corporate donors to pay for an unsuccessful bid to unseat Justice Resnick in the 2000 election.