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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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Law & Principles

  O’Connor files challenge to Biden vaccine mandate

  In a swift rebuke to the Biden administration’s official unveiling of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced he is filing a lawsuit to challenge it in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

  Ray Carter  |  November 5, 2021

• Law & Principles

  Cherokee Nation supports federal role in many state crimes

  In an amicus curiae brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Cherokee Nation has opposed efforts by the State of Oklahoma to have the court reconsider its ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma.

  Ray Carter  |  October 29, 2021

• Law & Principles

  Experts say cross-deputization no solution for McGirt

  When the U.S. Supreme Court held in McGirt v. Oklahoma that a major reservation was never disestablished in Oklahoma and that state law enforcement could not prosecute crimes involving American Indians on those lands, it created jurisdictional chaos that critics warn has fueled increased crime.

  Ray Carter  |  October 27, 2021

• Criminal Justice, Good Government

  McGirt helping Aryan Brotherhood, harming Indians?

  Oklahomans have been assured tribal police help provide a “blanket of protection” for all citizens despite the McGirt ruling. But state law enforcement officials tell a different story and say McGirt has created a blanket of protection mostly for criminals, including a member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood.

  Ray Carter  |  October 25, 2021

• Law & Principles

  McGirt leads to another reservation ruling

  The fallout of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma has led to yet another court ruling that formally re-established another reservation in Oklahoma—the land of the Quapaw Nation in northeast Oklahoma—compounding the jurisdictional chaos that critics say has severely reduced public safety in those areas.

  Ray Carter  |  October 21, 2021

• Law & Principles

  OCPA legislative scorecard: 2021 final bill list

  This is the final list of the 107 bills that are factored into OCPA’s scorecard for Oklahoma’s 2021 legislative session at the state Capitol.

  Staff  |  October 5, 2021

• Education

  Parental rights laws need teeth, advocates warn

  While Oklahoma law provides parents with significant rights in education, parents and advocates told lawmakers that schools can ignore the law because it does not impose significant penalties for noncompliance.

  Ray Carter  |  September 29, 2021