H.C.R. No. 37 Summary

• Urges the U.S. House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black of the Southern District of Ohio.

• Cites Judge Black's July 2013 and September 2013 orders requiring Ohio to recognize same-sex marriages as violations of Article XV, Section 11 of the Ohio Constitution and the Tenth Amendment.

• Specifies grounds for impeachment as malfeasance and abuse of power, alleging Judge Black allowed personal political bias to supersede legal judgment.

• Directs the Ohio House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the U.S. House Speaker, U.S. House Clerk, Ohio Congressional delegation members, and Ohio news media.

• Arguments in preamble assert that federal judges have violated state sovereignty and that impeachment is the constitutional mechanism available to remove lifetime appointees who act as "rogue" judges.