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Law & Principles
Oklahoma among most over-regulated states, study says
Despite its reputation as one of the nation’s most conservative states, Oklahoma has 142,313 regulations on the books. In comparison, Idaho has just 31,497 regulations in place.Ray Carter | September 12, 2024
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Law & Principles
How blue-state teenagers could make Oklahoma voters disappear
Los Angeles County has more than double the population of Oklahoma. Disparities like this are why we have the Electoral College.Trent England | August 26, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
State universities’ DEI programs may prompt lawsuits
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are increasingly illegal and likely to produce more successful lawsuits at universities.Ray Carter | August 20, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
DEI trainings spark workplace lawsuits
The proliferation of workplace “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) trainings has generated more than 100 lawsuits nationwide, including one stemming from a DEI training at Chevron Phillips in Bartlesville.Ray Carter | August 12, 2024
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Law & Principles, Culture & the Family
As ‘gender identity’ controversy escalates, Oklahoma pushes back against Biden regulation
Even as controversy intensifies regarding “glorified male violence against women,” a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the Biden administration from forcing Oklahoma schools to allow men to use women’s bathrooms and locker rooms.Ray Carter | August 1, 2024
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Law & Principles
Despite its precedent, Oklahoma Supreme Court allows minimum-wage initiative to proceed
Once again, it seems that the Oklahoma Supreme Court ignored its own precedent in order to reach a policy conclusion it preferred—without giving the public a good explanation of why. Are you seeing a pattern yet?Ryan Haynie | July 24, 2024
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Law & Principles
Lankford leads effort opposing federal marijuana change
U.S. Sen. James Lankford is leading Senate opposition to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed rule to move marijuana from the list of federal Schedule I drugs to the less-restrictive Schedule III.Ray Carter | July 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Drummond wants law schools to obey the law
Is it too much to ask that law schools obey the law? Apparently, the American Bar Association thinks it is.Jonathan Small | July 15, 2024
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Law & Principles
Tribal court decried as farce
Some Freedmen descendants say two new appointments have been made to the Muscogee (Creek) Supreme Court in order to stack the deck against the black plaintiffs.Ray Carter | July 11, 2024
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks religious charter school, but reinforces private-school-choice legality
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the Oklahoma Constitution prohibits the Catholic Church from operating a state charter school. But the court majority’s decision also reinforced the legality of private-school-choice programs that put parents in control.Ray Carter | June 25, 2024