Tag: Judges

Trump is doing a great job in appointing conservative judges

January 16, 2020 Robert McDowell

A pleasant surprise appeared in the Tulsa World, daily newspaper, on December 21. Somewhat buried on page A-6 was an AP story credited to Matthew Daly headlined, “Senate approves 13 judge nominees.” Well it’s about time some recognition in reporting be given to the Senate Judiciary Committee for actually doing the assigned duties, which are…

Judge Rowe Nominated to SCO

November 28, 2019

Stitt nominates his second judge Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the appointment of Dustin P. Rowe to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. This is Stitt’s second appointment to the state Supreme Court. Rowe’s appointment fills the vacancy for District 2 created by former Justice Patrick Wyrick’s appointment to become a federal judge on the United States…

Editorial: GOP saved the retirement funds

May 9, 2019

If you are a retired public school teacher, you should thank the Republicans in the Legislature for making sure you retirement check is there every month. In 2009, after 100 years of Democrat leadership, the teacher retirement fund had 49.8 percent of the amount of money needed to pay every teacher who was eligible to…

Supreme Court boundaries’ bill

May 2, 2019

The Senate advanced a measure to modernize the Oklahoma Supreme Court district boundaries in order to increase the pool of qualified applicants eligible to fill judicial vacancies in the future. Gov. Stitt signed the bill. House Bill 2366, by Senate principal author Julie Daniels, modifies the boundaries of the Supreme Court district map to align…

Justice John Reif to retire in April

March 28, 2019

Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice John Reif will retire at the end of April. He has been on the state’s highest court for almost 12 years. Reif was appointed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma on October 19, 2007 by Governor Brad Henry, a liberal Democrat. He served as chief justice in 2015 and 2016. He…

Stitt elected governor

November 8, 2018

In the race for governor, Republican Kevin Stitt defeated Democrat Drew Edmondson and Libertarian Chris Powell. Stitt, a highly successful businessman, had never run for public office before. Edmondson, part of a Democrat family involved in state politics for decades, was a former state attorney general. In the First Congressional District, political newcomer Kevin Hern,…

Retaining Judges?

September 27, 2018

Oklahoma voters could make history on November 6 if they reject any of the statewide judges who will be on the ballot for retention votes. No judge has ever not been retained on these votes. The governor appoints Oklahoma Supreme Court justices. Three of the sitting justices were picked by Republican governors Frank Keating (one)…

Editorial: Homosexual judicial candidate

September 6, 2018

Christopher Uric Brecht-Smith, who is married to another man, wants to be the first homosexual district court judge in Tulsa County. He will be on the ballot November 6, running against Judge Linda Morrissey, an experienced, moral and fair judge. This is America and anyone can run for office. The real issue here is a…