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O’Connor files challenge to Biden vaccine mandate
In a swift rebuke to the Biden administration’s official unveiling of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced he is filing a lawsuit to challenge it in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Law & Principles
Cherokee Nation supports federal role in many state crimes
In an amicus curiae brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Cherokee Nation has opposed efforts by the State of Oklahoma to have the court reconsider its ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma.Ray Carter | October 29, 2021
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Law & Principles
Experts say cross-deputization no solution for McGirt
When the U.S. Supreme Court held in McGirt v. Oklahoma that a major reservation was never disestablished in Oklahoma and that state law enforcement could not prosecute crimes involving American Indians on those lands, it created jurisdictional chaos that critics warn has fueled increased crime.Ray Carter | October 27, 2021
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Law & Principles
McGirt leads to another reservation ruling
The fallout of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma has led to yet another court ruling that formally re-established another reservation in Oklahoma—the land of the Quapaw Nation in northeast Oklahoma—compounding the jurisdictional chaos that critics say has severely reduced public safety in those areas.Ray Carter | October 21, 2021
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Law & Principles
Stitt, O’Connor vow to fight Biden vaccine mandate
Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said the state is prepared to fight the private-business COVID vaccine mandate recently announced by President Joe Biden.Ray Carter | October 14, 2021
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Law & Principles
OCPA legislative scorecard: 2021 final bill list
This is the final list of the 107 bills that are factored into OCPA’s scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2021 legislative session at the state Capitol.Staff | October 5, 2021
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Law & Principles
Federal bill called threat to secure Oklahoma elections
Oklahoma’s top election official said a proposed “compromise” election-overhaul measure introduced by U.S. Senate Democrats retains the flaws of its predecessors by mandating a “dubious federalization of election administration” that will “make it harder to administer fair and secure elections.”Ray Carter | September 21, 2021
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Law & Principles
OK Attorney General vows to fight Biden vaccine mandate
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor and 23 other state attorneys general have sent a letter to President Joe Biden, warning they will oppose Biden’s effort to mandate that private sector employees either get a COVID-19 shot, submit to weekly testing, or be fired.Ray Carter | September 17, 2021
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Law & Principles
Despite law, school mask and quarantine mandates imposed
Oklahoma colleges and K-12 schools continue to impose mask and quarantine mandates upon healthy students. College students who question those policies have faced retaliation, and parents in Edmond are suing the school district.Ray Carter | September 16, 2021
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Law & Principles
Court rules McGirt not retroactive
In a reversal of prior rulings, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has concluded that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma is not retroactive.Ray Carter | August 12, 2021