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Law & Principles
YOU GUEST IT: Religious liberty must be protected
When Congress first debated religious liberty in the late 1700s, representatives expressed concern that the wording of the First Amendment could lead to the abolishment of religion altogether.Scott Pruitt | February 12, 2014
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Law & Principles
OCPA Research Fellow Spotlights Our Nation’s Founding Debate
The scene is a familiar one. You’ve seen it portrayed in paintings and pictures in history books and on television. It is the summer of 1787. America’s Founding Fathers are gathered in Philadelphia to repair the deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation. Instead of repairing the Articles of Confederation, they draft and propose a new Constitution.Matt A. Mayer | January 13, 2014
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Law & Principles
Competitive Federalism Can Help Rebuild America
The “old” is the idea that the American government has limited powers, and that those powers are mostly reserved to the states, where “the people” can put strict limits on their exercise.Patrick B. McGuigan | May 8, 2013
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma’s preemptive strike on Sharia law
Oklahomans have acted decisively to prohibit the exercise of state judicial power when based upon consideration of the tenets of a false religious faith that would rob the people of their inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Herbert W. Titus | January 3, 2011
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Chamber: Obama and Biden more 'pro-business' than DeMint
As Stephen Moore has pointed out before ('Liberalism's echo chambers'), "pro-business" is not synonymous with "pro-free-enterprise."Brandon Dutcher | April 7, 2009
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Law & Principles
Free At Last
Taxpayer activist Paul Jacob will not go to jail for exercising his First Amendment rights in Oklahoma.Brandon Dutcher | January 22, 2009
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Law & Principles
Protecting Oklahomans from Nefarious Interior Designers
There is no plausible economic justification for government regulation of interior design rather than private certification. The idea that the state has the legitimate authority to tell people whether they can or cannot recommend shades of paint without a license is a moral absurdity.Art Carden | November 4, 2008
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Law & Principles
Reforming Oklahoma's Constitution
Like most people, particularly those with children, I am constantly surprised by how quickly time passes. For example, I find it hard to believe that this is my 18th year teaching law in Oklahoma and that for most of these nearly two decades, I have been working with OCPA in an effort to change the direction of government in our state.Andrew C. Spiropoulos | October 1, 2008
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Law & Principles
Uncommon Sense, and Meese the Scholar
There's no better spokesman on law, liberty, and the Constitution than Reagan's good and faithful servant, Ed Meese.Patrick B. McGuigan | August 6, 2008
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Law & Principles
Fulfilling a Constitutional Mandate
On March 13, 2008, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for House Joint Resolution No. 1089. By the wide margin of 92 to 3, the House resolved that "all compulsory federal legislation which directs states to comply under the threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed."Herbert W. Titus | August 3, 2008