re: OSU sets timetable for Meyer investigation

I don't believe it's accurate that he had a restraining order put against him in 2015.

If so, I would have a significant change in my interpretation of subsequent events.

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I'd like to see proof of this.

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It's on most of the sites I've read. He has two court dates coming up. One on 8/22 for the criminal trespass charge in May. The other is 9/14 for the protective order.

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My wife has a friend going thru the process. It’s nit as easy as saying “I want a restraining order”. You need evidence & witnesses and if you are legally married with kids it presents a whole new challenge.

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The law is different in Ohio than the state your wife's friend is in.

In Ohio several months ago, the only way to get a domestic violence restraining order was to be married to the abuse, be living with them, and/or have a child with them. So it would be inaccurate to say it would be a hindrance in Ohio.

Also, you don't need witnesses to be granted an ex parte restraining order in Ohio. Once you get to the full hearing though, you better have corroborating evidence or the order will be dropped quickly.

Also, if you get the right (activist) judge and have a seasoned lawyer, it makes things much easier, especially in populated, slightly more liberal minded counties like Delaware County.

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This is a new & interesting way to justify domestic abuse

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Not really. Linking increased unemployment to increased violent crime is of debatable interest, but it is certainly not new. What's novel is the absurd notion that termination of employment is a remedy- nay, the remedy- for domestic violence. It seemed to have popped up on this board around the same time that an opposing football coach was discovered to have not terminated the employment of somebody involved in domestic abuse.

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I don’t dislike Urban Meyer. I truly don’t care if he gets fired or not. I just think he will.

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Well note that I don't believe you, considering the topic has reduced you to histrionic virtue-signalling.

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What's novel is the absurd notion that termination of employment is a remedy- nay, the remedy- for domestic violence

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Who said it was a remedy? If Courtney Smith wants to stay with her husband that abuses her (now divorced) and does not want to press charges, that's up to her.

Does a wife accepting physical abuse make it acceptable to keep the person employed in a rather public position?

I'm not a psychologist and maybe this is a ridiculous assumption, but I don't think that someone that physically abuses their wife is a good person to have around in a university.

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Depriving someone of their constitutional rights without the ability to defend themselves in court is 100% constitutional?

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A search warrant deprives someone of rights they would otherwise have under the 4th amendment.
Search warrants are issued ex parte.
Search warrants are 100% constitutional.

So...yes.

Zach Smith Criminal Trespass Case

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What's novel is the absurd notion that termination of employment is a remedy- nay, the remedy- for domestic violence.

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I'll take it a step further, how would this statement sound from Meyer and do you think he'd be further employed at any state university:

Meyer (made up statement) " I have known that Zack Smith has had a very tumultuous and abusive relationship with his now ex-wife Courtney since 2009. It was a private matter and both Courtney and Zack decided to stay married while seeking counseling. Yes I knew that they both physically abused each other. I knew that Zack would physically hurt her, but it was usually in his own defense. I felt Zack (and his wife and kids) was better off in a good high paying job, it never affected his work or our student athletes, and Zack was never officially arrested for it. As soon as Zack was officially arrested, we felt he was no longer employable by this great university and he was let go. -Urban"

If Ohio state fans can live with that, I don't really have an argument.

Eta: That's exactly how I feel it happened. I feel like Urban was embarrassed and that's why he lied. Then he came out realizing it made him look worse so he issued his statement. The university did not know about everything "officially", so they are protecting themselves and determining how bad it is for them.

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A search warrant deprives someone of rights they would otherwise have under the 4th amendment.
Search warrants are issued ex parte.
Search warrants are 100% constitutional.

So...yes.

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I was mostly referring to ex parte restraining orders.

But if you have been following the FISA warrant/NSA unmasking saga in Washington, those were "search warrants" granted ex parte and that appears to be a significant constitutional issue.