Articles
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma judges: Men can be women
In numerous cases, Oklahoma judges have declared that men are women (and vice versa) and ordered that state documents, such as birth certificates, be altered.Ray Carter | September 23, 2024
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Economy
Oklahoma needs to cut red tape
Oklahoma has 142,313 regulations on the books. In comparison, the nation’s least-regulated state (Idaho) has just 31,497 regulations in place.Jonathan Small | September 23, 2024
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Higher Education
Report indicates OSU maintains DEI office, despite order
“DEI isn’t going away, it’s just going underground.”Ray Carter | September 19, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma court’s decisions reap ‘hellhole’ designation
“Judicial Hellholes” reports shine a spotlight on places like Oklahoma “where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner.”Ray Carter | September 19, 2024
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Higher Education
OU, OSU students ding schools in free-speech survey
“I had two professors my freshman year that would constantly bash people who were Christian and who had conservative beliefs,” said an OSU student. “One specific professor told the class, ‘You will not pass my class if you identify Republican.’”Ray Carter | September 18, 2024
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Health Care
A look at work-comp loss costs
Oklahoma’s work-comp reforms were having their intended results.Curtis Shelton | September 17, 2024
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Education
U.S. Supreme Court should take Oklahoma charter-school case
In the St. Isidore case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong and effectively discriminated against charter-school proponents because of religion. All Oklahomans would benefit if the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case.Jonathan Small | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court owes citizens written opinions
Oklahoma Supreme Court justices, because they are bound to decide according to the law, must explain the legal basis of their decisions. Inexplicably, Oklahoma’s justices often refuse to do so.Ryan Haynie | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Pattern notable in Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ever-shifting decisions
Whenever an initiative petition would grow government, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has held the “gist” statement is legally sound. When an initiative petition would rein in government, the court has nitpicked a gist to death to declare it illegal.Ray Carter | September 16, 2024
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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