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Judicial Reform
Real independence and accountability for Oklahoma judges
"Never let a crisis go to waste.” A group of attorneys put that maxim into practice in the late 1960s when, following a corruption scandal, they convinced Oklahomans to surrender their power to select state judges. The result is an unaccountable judiciary. Any of the judicial selection methods used by other states would be an improvement.Trent England | January 29, 2016
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Education
ESAs: Easy to Use, Fiscally Responsible, Constitutional
Though all ESAs operate similarly, each state’s program is unique—from which students are eligible, to funding levels, to certain mechanics. These elements are detailed in the Summary Appendix Table at ocpathink.org/esa. In general, parents of eligible students who do not prefer a public school education for their child simply inform their state education agency. They sign a contract promising not to enroll their child in a public school as long as they are using an ESA, and the state deposits 90 percent of what it would have spent into a designated ESA for that child instead. ESA programs in Tennessee and Nevada stand out for depositing 100 percent of that funding into students’ ESAs. Under ESA programs in Arizona, Tennessee, and Nevada quarterly deposits are made, and parents make education-related purchases with dedicated-use debit cards.Vicki Alger | January 27, 2016
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Education
Education Savings Accounts: A Blueprint for 21st Century Parental Choice
Sixty years ago the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman published a radical idea: just because we fund schools through government doesn’t mean politicians know how to run schools or what education is best for other people’s children.Vicki Alger | January 1, 2016
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Education, Law & Principles
Teacher’s stand against union reaches high court
Trent England | December 17, 2015
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Education
Free Market Friday: Oklahomans like school choice
If we truly care about the most vulnerable, then we will seek to expand choices in K-12 education. Doing so would put our common education system on parity with mental health, higher education, childcare and Medicaid programs which all offer robust public and private options to those who need the service.December 4, 2015
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Education
ESA Overview
ESA OverviewNovember 23, 2015
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Education
ESA Overview Chart
ESA Overview ChartNovember 18, 2015
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Law & Principles
Free Market Friday: Solving the Blaine problem
The Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong when it said putting the monument on public property is unconstitutional. After all, our state constitution begins with the words: “Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty.” Are we to believe that the constitution itself is unconstitutional?Michael Carnuccio | October 9, 2015
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Law & Principles
Blaine Amendment, Oklahoma Supreme Court threaten more than monuments
The Oklahoma Constitution does not ban religious ideas or symbols from public spaces. Neither does the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court's Ten Commandment decision therefore threatens much more than a single monument.Trent England | October 7, 2015
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Judicial Reform
Judging Oklahoma’s Judicial Nominating Commission
The Judicial Nominating Commission empowers a small special interest group, hides the politics inherent in judicial selection, and renders the people almost powerless when it comes to one of the three branches of our state government. After nearly fifty years, it is time to reconsider how we appoint judges in Oklahoma.Trent England | August 31, 2015
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Health Care
Free Market Friday: More Medicaid not the answer
Much work is left to make sure Oklahomans can get affordable care. Policymakers have made those prospects better by avoiding the Medicaid expansion trap and focusing their energy on market-based, consumer-driven reforms that increase access and affordability.Michael Carnuccio | August 14, 2015
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Health Care
Free Market Friday: Repeal and replace
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in King v Burwell that words don’t matter, at least not in federal law. The decision turns the focus back to Congress and the next president, where responsibility awaits for repealing bad laws and making better ones.Michael Carnuccio | June 26, 2015
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Health Care
Court saves politicians from pesky citizens
Responsibility remains with Congress and the next President to solve the many problems created by Obamacare. Yet with today’s decision, Chief Justice Roberts saves Obamacare not only from itself, but from the meddling of citizens and state elected officials who believed we live in a nation of laws.Trent England | June 25, 2015
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Law & Principles, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Power to the people
This idea behind the Magna Carta also set the stage for something even greater: the emergence of a new way of thinking about government. After all, if law can bind a king, there must be some higher source of authority.Michael Carnuccio | June 18, 2015
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Education
Free Market Friday: Batting for children
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program, which allows parents of children with disabilities to send them to schools where they can get the best educational services. An influential voice has joined that debate, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.Michael Carnuccio | June 5, 2015
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Education
School Choice and Freedom of Conscience
Ultimately, the school choice debate is inexorably linked with the right to freedom of conscience and for parents to direct the upbringing of their own children.Trent England | April 10, 2015
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Budget & Tax
Shining a Light on ‘Free’ Federal Money
Should the state officials you elect be informed about federal funds spent in Oklahoma? For that matter, should citizens have access to data that reveal the strings attached to federal dollars in our state?Trent England | February 5, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Shining a Light on ‘Free’ Federal Money
Should the state officials you elect be informed about federal funds spent in Oklahoma? For that matter, should citizens have access to data that reveal the strings attached to federal dollars in our state?Trent England | February 5, 2015
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Education
Who decides — bureaucrats or parents?
May it please the court: taxpayer dollars have long been used in ways that support the education of children in private institutions.Patrick B. McGuigan | December 2, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Raising means lowering? (or why people hate lawyers)
Will the Oklahoma Supreme Court rule that “raising” means “lowering”? That is one possible outcome in a case currently before the Court.Trent England | November 24, 2014