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Part three of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.

Part two of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.

Part one of five in the "Five Questions: Constitution expert Trent England on the pros and cons of an Article V convention" series.

Recently released undercover videos show casual conversations about crushing the life from a tiny, unborn person. When the talk turns to calculating potential compensation for her harvested organs, even abortion advocates admit it’s disturbing. Many Americans are appalled to discover that their own tax dollars provide more than a half-billion dollars every year to the organization exposed in these videos.

This idea behind the Magna Carta also set the stage for something even greater: the emergence of a new way of thinking about government. After all, if law can bind a king, there must be some higher source of authority.

The Oklahoma Senate is considering House Bill 1748, which would require state agencies to disclose information about their relationships with the federal government.

The radical environmental movement favors centralized, top-down control ... except when it doesn’t.

Yesterday, an attempt to advance the National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact in the Oklahoma House of Representatives was withdrawn. The issue is unlikely to return in the current legislative session. So far, 10 states and the District of Columbia have enacted NPV legislation.

Over the last five years in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has successfully defended his Act 10 union reforms at the ballot box and in the courts. Recently in Illinois, newly elected Gov. Bruce Rauner began trying to extricate his own state from its entanglement with public-sector employee unions. Now Oklahoma faces the possibility of enacting a similar reform.

Should the state officials you elect be informed about federal funds spent in Oklahoma? For that matter, should citizens have access to data that reveal the strings attached to federal dollars in our state?