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Judicial Reform
Bar’s role in judicial selection may benefit its finances
The incestuous relationship between the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Bar Association is concerning.Ray Carter | October 8, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Researchers find Oklahoma Supreme Court is liberal
For nearly 50 years, justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court have been more liberal than even judges in states like California.Jonathan Small | October 7, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court weakens election integrity, legislature forced to fix it
With its illegitimate activism in 2020, the Oklahoma Supreme Court nearly weakened election integrity. Fortunately, the Oklahoma Legislature stepped in to fix the Court’s blunder.Ryan Haynie | October 4, 2024
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Judicial Reform, Economy
Oklahoma legal climate impacts business growth, job opportunities
“Lawsuit abuse increases the costs of goods and services, including driving up insurance rates,” according to one national expert. “In Oklahoma, that amounts to an average annual ‘tort tax’ of approximately $934.73 per person.”Ray Carter | October 3, 2024
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma judges: Men can be women
In numerous cases, Oklahoma judges have declared that men are women (and vice versa) and ordered that state documents, such as birth certificates, be altered.Ray Carter | September 23, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma court’s decisions reap ‘hellhole’ designation
“Judicial Hellholes” reports shine a spotlight on places like Oklahoma “where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner.”Ray Carter | September 19, 2024
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Health Care
A look at work-comp loss costs
Oklahoma’s work-comp reforms were having their intended results.Curtis Shelton | September 17, 2024
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Education
U.S. Supreme Court should take Oklahoma charter-school case
In the St. Isidore case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court got it wrong and effectively discriminated against charter-school proponents because of religion. All Oklahomans would benefit if the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case.Jonathan Small | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court owes citizens written opinions
Oklahoma Supreme Court justices, because they are bound to decide according to the law, must explain the legal basis of their decisions. Inexplicably, Oklahoma’s justices often refuse to do so.Ryan Haynie | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Pattern notable in Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ever-shifting decisions
Whenever an initiative petition would grow government, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has held the “gist” statement is legally sound. When an initiative petition would rein in government, the court has nitpicked a gist to death to declare it illegal.Ray Carter | September 16, 2024
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Judicial Reform
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has lost its way
If Oklahoma wants to be a state where the rule of law means something, the Oklahoma Supreme Court needs to confine itself to interpreting the law—not making it.Ryan Haynie | September 12, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma’s legal climate harms economic growth, job creation
Questionable rulings by Oklahoma judges have harmed Oklahoma’s economic competitiveness, according to a report from the State Chamber Research Foundation.Ray Carter | September 11, 2024
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Judicial Reform
The Oklahoma Supreme Court or Oklahoma law: one is absurd
Judicial overreach by the Oklahoma Supreme Court threatens the separation of powers that is the foundation of the American political system.Ryan Haynie | September 11, 2024
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Judicial Reform
In Arkansas, conservative Supreme Court makes major difference
The Arkansas Supreme Court now has a conservative majority that adheres to the law and the constitution rather than legislating from the bench. This has already had a real-world impact when it comes to addressing major state challenges.Ray Carter | September 9, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court confuses issues to achieve its favored result
Several decisions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are not only bad as a matter of policy, but also are bad as a matter of law. Many of the justices are simply not skilled at judging.Ryan Haynie | September 9, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court’s creativity reduces legal certainty
The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s creative thinking leaves Oklahoma businesses and citizens without legal certainty.Jonathan Small | September 9, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court has been dismantling work-comp reform
The Oklahoma Legislature enacted comprehensive workers’ compensation reform, but the Oklahoma Supreme Court has been rolling it back.Curtis Shelton | September 6, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Liberal activists target state Supreme Court races
Liberal activists are targeting state Supreme Court races across the country, but not in Oklahoma. Why? Perhaps because the Oklahoma Supreme Court has already been rated one of the nation’s most liberal.Ray Carter | September 4, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Oklahoma Supreme Court legislates on abortion
After the Dobbs decision, abortion advocates asked state courts to exercise raw judicial power. Unsurprisingly, those advocates found an ally in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Ryan Haynie | September 3, 2024
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Judicial Reform
Democrat judges defy Oklahoma’s GOP trend
Oklahomans may be surprised to learn that nearly half the members of the Oklahoma Supreme Court were appointed by Democrat governors.Ray Carter | September 3, 2024