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Ryan Haynie
Criminal Justice Reform Fellow
Ryan Haynie serves as the Criminal Justice Reform Fellow for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. Prior to joining OCPA, he practiced law in Oklahoma City. His work included representing the criminally accused in state and federal courts. Ryan is active in the Federalist Society, serving as the Programming Director for the Oklahoma City Lawyer’s Chapter. He holds a B.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He and his wife, Jaclyn, live in Oklahoma City with their three children.
Recent Articles
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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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Judicial Reform
Tort-reform case shows how Oklahoma Supreme Court acts like a super-legislature
Setting policy is not the job of the judicial branch. And yet the Oklahoma Supreme Court continues to inject itself into the policymaking process.Ryan Haynie | July 19, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court sets its own policy to allow schools to mask children
The Oklahoma Supreme Court often makes rulings based on whatever its members feel justify their preferred outcome. Such was the case in a recent case on school masks.Ryan Haynie | July 12, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court struggles with basic vocabulary
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is legislating from the bench again. In this instance, the Court decided it would just completely change the meaning of a word.Ryan Haynie | June 27, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court gets it right, still blunders
The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to vacate a restraining order against a street preacher, while not perfect, is good news for those who speak their mind—especially online.Ryan Haynie | June 14, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Paycom’s speech-chilling crusade against OCPA continues
Many think Paycom lost its lawsuit against OCPA years ago. Think again. Thanks to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the case continues to this day.Jonathan Small, Ryan Haynie | April 22, 2024
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Law & Principles
Stop criminalizing speech
Using criminal penalties for protected speech should never be the default for lawmakers—even for speech we don’t like. Here are two bills that would criminalize speech.Ryan Haynie | March 21, 2024
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Judicial Reform
What 2016 (and 2010) taught us about politics in judicial selection
Oklahomans deserve the opportunity to be involved in what is already a political reality. It’s time to change the way Oklahoma selects its appellate judges.Ryan Haynie | March 8, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Has the JNC process been scandal-free? No.
Even if we assume that there has been no bribery in the courts, it’s misleading to suggest the Judicial Nominating Commission process has been scandal-free.Ryan Haynie | March 5, 2024
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Judicial Reform
First principles dictate robust judicial reform in Oklahoma
You can’t remove politics from judicial selection. But why allow the politics to be dominated by progressive trial lawyers rather than by the people’s elected officials?Ryan Haynie | January 30, 2024
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