Search Results

Team Members

• Ryan Haynie

  Vice President for Legal Affairs

Showing 241 to 260 of 563 article results for “supreme court”

• Law & Principles

  McGirt decision defunding courts, public safety

  The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which created jurisdictional chaos in Oklahoma by effectively declaring that most of eastern Oklahoma remains Indian reservations, is indirectly defunding court systems and public-safety entities throughout much of the state, according to the Senate’s top budget official.

  Ray Carter  |  March 15, 2022

• Education, Culture & the Family

  Corey DeAngelis to receive OCPA’s Citizenship Award

  Corey DeAngelis, national director of research at the American Federation for Children, will be the recipient of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s 2022 Citizenship Award.

  Sheridan Betts  |  March 2, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Judicial-nomination transparency measure clears committee

  Legislation that would allow the governor to select from a wide range of judicial applicants, with nominees required to then receive Senate confirmation, has won easy approval from a state Senate committee.

  Ray Carter  |  March 1, 2022

• Law & Principles

  OCPA 2022 legislative scorecard: Watch list update (March 1 2022)

  This is an updated watch list of bills that are eligible to be included on OCPA’s legislative scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2022 legislative session.

  Staff  |  March 1, 2022

• Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles

  Bold reforms for a post-pandemic Oklahoma

  In the aftermath of the pandemic, Oklahoma’s policymakers should put parents in charge of education with a universal Education Savings Account, eliminate the personal income tax, and reform our state’s dysfunctional regulatory system.

  Curtis Shelton, Greg Forster, Ph.D., Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. & Andrew C. Spiropoulos  |  February 21, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Hughes County sheriff says tribe ignoring McGirt duties, crime victims

  Since the U.S. Supreme Court upended law-enforcement jurisdiction throughout most of eastern Oklahoma with its McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling, tribal government officials have claimed they will fill much of the resulting law-enforcement gap.

  Ray Carter  |  February 11, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Defending McGirt, tribal leaders ignore, dismiss Indian victims

  In their efforts to defend the McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling that Gov. Kevin Stitt wants curtailed or overturned, Oklahoma tribal leaders have increasingly taken an unexpected tack. They often ignore—and in one high-profile case appeared to dismiss as “made up”—the plight of tribal citizens who are victims of crimes that may now go unpunished because of McGirt.

  Ray Carter  |  February 10, 2022

• Culture & the Family

  Hofmeister backed by tribes, casinos

  Individuals and entities associated with two groups substantially intertwined in Oklahoma—tribal governments and casinos—represented a significant share of donations to the Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Joy Hofmeister in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to a report filed with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.

  Ray Carter  |  February 9, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Stitt: McGirt decision ‘jeopardizes justice’ in Oklahoma

  Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Cherokee, is one of the most prominent elected Indian officeholders in the nation. But he remains steadfast in his opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared a reservation was never formally disestablished in Oklahoma, saying that decision has effectively impeded justice for many Oklahomans of all backgrounds.

  Ray Carter  |  February 7, 2022

• Law & Principles

  OCPA 2022 legislative scorecard: Watch list

  This is an updated watch list of bills that are eligible to be included on OCPA’s legislative scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2022 legislative session.

  Staff  |  February 6, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Tribes send mixed messages on McGirt

  Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which effectively declared that most of eastern Oklahoma remains tribal reservation land, state tribal governments have touted the decision and proclaimed little or no harm has come from the ruling.

  Ray Carter  |  February 3, 2022

• Culture & the Family

  Workers, employers win with vax-mandate ruling

  Oklahoma’s workers and their employers alike won an important victory when the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the Biden administration’s COVID-vaccine mandate for private businesses. That mandate clearly exceeded the government’s authority, opened the door for further abuses of power, and would have had a significant negative impact on the labor supply.

  Jonathan Small  |  February 2, 2022

• Law & Principles

  U.S. Supreme Court to consider McGirt limits

  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by the State of Oklahoma that could lead to curtailment of the court’s prior decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which effectively held that most of eastern Oklahoma consists of Indian reservations.

  Ray Carter  |  January 21, 2022

• Budget & Tax

  McGirt decision creating millions in new expenses for state

  While the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma may have stripped the state of the power to prosecute countless crimes involving a mix of Indians and non-Indians in eastern Oklahoma, it has not reduced state law-enforcement expenses, officials told lawmakers at a recent budget hearing.

  Ray Carter  |  January 17, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Court rules against Biden vaccine mandate

  The Biden administration’s effort to make COVID-19 vaccines a condition of employment throughout the private sector has been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, although the court separately ruled that the Biden administration does have the authority to impose a vaccine mandate on health-care workers at facilities receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding.

  Ray Carter  |  January 14, 2022

• Law & Principles

  U.S. Supreme Court allows McGirt limit to stand

  The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition for certiorari, leaving in place an Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision declaring the high court’s McGirt ruling will not be applied retroactively.

  Ray Carter  |  January 11, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Biden administration argues it can mandate numerous vaccines

  Defending its effort to make COVID-19 vaccination, or routine testing, a condition of private-sector employment, the Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal law allows the executive branch to unilaterally mandate vaccinations through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration—and said the administration has the authority to require additional vaccinations as well.

  Ray Carter  |  January 7, 2022

• Law & Principles

  McGirt harming Oklahoma nationally

  Some tribal leaders argue the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which found a reservation was never disestablished in Oklahoma and that state officials therefore cannot prosecute many crimes involving American Indian victims or criminals, is a boon to the state.

  Jonathan Small  |  January 5, 2022

• Law & Principles

  Judges among those criticizing McGirt ruling

  Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which effectively declared that nearly half of Oklahoma consisted of Indian reservations, Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General John O’Connor have been among the most high-profile critics of that decision.

  Ray Carter  |  January 4, 2022

• Law & Principles

  McGirt leaves Indian victims feeling ‘defenseless’

  As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, many American Indians now find themselves largely unprotected from criminals.

  Ray Carter  |  December 15, 2021