Articles
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Questions #5
Holding a national convention to propose constitutional amendments is either the only solution to rebalance our political system or a sure path to its final destruction. At least, those are the two points of view most commonly heard in the current debate over using “Article V”—really just one clause therein—in an attempt to change the U.S. Constitution.Trent England | September 24, 2015
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Budget & Tax
Cut the Federal Gas Tax
There is no need to keep funneling billions of transportation dollars through Washington, D.C. A better idea, already introduced in Congress, is to cut the federal tax and let states make up the difference.Trent England | September 17, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #4
Part four of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 17, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #3
Part three of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 10, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #2
Part two of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | September 3, 2015
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Judicial Reform
Judging Oklahoma’s Judicial Nominating Commission
The Judicial Nominating Commission empowers a small special interest group, hides the politics inherent in judicial selection, and renders the people almost powerless when it comes to one of the three branches of our state government. After nearly fifty years, it is time to reconsider how we appoint judges in Oklahoma.Trent England | August 31, 2015
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Law & Principles
Five Questions about Article V: Question #1
Part one of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.Trent England | August 20, 2015
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Health Care
Court saves politicians from pesky citizens
Responsibility remains with Congress and the next President to solve the many problems created by Obamacare. Yet with today’s decision, Chief Justice Roberts saves Obamacare not only from itself, but from the meddling of citizens and state elected officials who believed we live in a nation of laws.Trent England | June 25, 2015
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Good Government
Uniform State Rules Make Sense For Uber, Lyft
No one would accept “local control” as a defense of government corruption. The purpose of government is justice—when one part of government forgets that, we look to another to step in.Jonathan Small & Trent England | June 1, 2015
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Budget & Tax
Is Government Too Small?
There is fat, plenty of it, to trim in state spending. There are conservative elected officials, plenty of them, working on the next state budget. Whether they have the Tom Delay Disease or not, we’ll soon find out.Trent England | May 5, 2015