This is straight out of the lecture and article (Zalik) from last couple of weeks: In what ways has legality been hijacked through industry influence in state legislatures? Read the dissenting judge's opinion (and know that there are reasonable judges out there):
"Justices Paul Pfeifer and William O'Neill each wrote their own dissents, also.
Pfeifer added that in his view the legislature left open the possibility of local input, while enacting a statute that covered what he described as the "big picture."
O'Neill's criticism was more direct, saying the state statute took away citizens' ability to regulate oil and gas drilling in their own backyards, regardless of how long their local zoning codes have been in force.
"Let's be clear here," O'Neill wrote. "The Ohio General Assembly has created a zookeeper to feed the elephant in the living room. What the drilling industry has bought and paid for in campaign contributions they shall receive.
"The oil and gas industry has gotten its way, and local control of drilling-location decisions has been unceremoniously taken away from the citizens of Ohio," he wrote. "Under this ruling, a drilling permit could be granted in the exquisite residential neighborhoods of Upper Arlington, Shaker Heights, or the village of Indian Hill -- local zoning dating back to 1920 be damned."
