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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Higher Education
OU’s lobbying pays off for school, not student rights
OU’s courtroom victory may lead state lawmakers to revisit the issue.Ray Carter | December 2, 2021
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Law & Principles
To champion employees, Louisiana man challenges vax mandate
While many state attorneys general are challenging the mandate in court, Brandon Trosclair has been among the most high-profile opponents from the private sector.Ray Carter | November 11, 2021
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Law & Principles
McGirt is protecting criminals, not average citizens
Many criminals now assert tribal membership to deter arrest—including “a known member of the white-supremacist Universal Aryan Brotherhood, covered in swastika tattoos.”Jonathan Small | November 10, 2021