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…
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, a free-market think tank, has filed a legal challenge to an initiative petition that would expand the state’s Medicaid welfare program, saying the proposal is unconstitutional and the petition gist is so misleading it violates state law. “There are a lot of policy reasons to oppose Medicaid expansion,” said…
Here are some of the plans of the mainstream candidates running for the Socialist Democrat nomination for president. Forgive all student debt. Make tuition free for all state-supported colleges and universities. Give poor people a monthly allowance. Place a 2 percent wealth tax on anyone worth more than $10 million. Let 16-year-olds vote. Impeach President…
The Supreme Court announced they will hear three cases determining whether federal law protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ) from discrimination in the workplace. The court said it would review all three cases, but ordered that two of the cases be combined into one argument. This is a big deal in more…
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…
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…
Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2597, which establishes “Constitutional Carry” in the state of Oklahoma. “Oklahomans are strong supporters of the Second Amendment, and they made their voice known as I traveled across all 77 counties last year,” said Stitt. HB 2597 establishes “Constitutional Carry,” allowing the concealed or unconcealed carry of firearms by…
Enough unborn babies have died in Oklahoma. State Sen. Joseph Silk, a hero in the truest sense of the word, has introduced a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to criminalize abortion by placing it in the state statues on felony homicide. Senate Bill 13, the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act, would make abortion a…
How can Oklahomans fix the liberal Oklahoma Supreme Court so that the justices make rulings base on law instead of politics? Most of those justices – particularly those appointed by liberal governors – have stymied legitimate laws, which were overwhelmingly passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. A case in point is the…