JOINT SESSION--Senate President Doug White, left, R-Manchester, gestures as he is introduced by House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, during a joint session of the House and Senate, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

PHOTO OP--Newly-elected Sen. Robert Schuler, R-Cincinnati, and family are the subject of other family and friend's cameras, prior to his swearing-in at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

SEPERATION OF POWERS--Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer gestures as he speaks prior to swearing-in House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, right, during the opening of the 125th General Assembly, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)