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Law & Principles
Massachusetts rejects top-two primary proposal as Oklahoma fight continues
Oklahoma activists are seeking to replace party primaries with a “top two” election system. Massachusetts voters rejected a similar proposal this week by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent.Ray Carter | November 5, 2026
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Higher Education
OU fights lawsuit alleging race-based scholarship awards
The University of Oklahoma is appealing a federal judge’s ruling allowing a class-action lawsuit alleging race-based scholarship awards to proceed.Ray Carter | October 27, 2026
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Higher Education
OU must answer allegations of racial discrimination in financial aid
A federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging race-based financial aid practices at the University of Oklahoma to proceed.Jonathan Small | October 12, 2026
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects tax hike, requires county officials to follow the law
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has invalidated a voter-approved 2% lodging-tax increase in McCurtain County because county officials failed to comply with a state law requiring proposed county tax measures to be published in a local newspaper for four weeks before the election.Ryan Haynie | October 8, 2026
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Higher Education
Oklahoma Supreme Court lets OU keep misconduct report secret
The University of Oklahoma hired the law firm Jones Day to investigate allegations that it misreported financial information to U.S. News & World Report and to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct involving former OU President David Boren. The resulting report remains secret.Ryan Haynie | October 5, 2026
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Higher Education
Judge allows lawsuit alleging race-based financial aid at OU to proceed
A federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the University of Oklahoma improperly considered race when awarding financial aid to proceed.Ray Carter | September 28, 2026
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Law & Principles
Judges and property taxes: What Oklahoma voters should know about SQ 845 and SQ 847
Oklahoma voters will decide on two proposed constitutional amendments on Nov. 3, 2026. State Question 845 would alter the composition and eligibility requirements of the Judicial Nominating Commission. State Question 847 would limit annual increases in property valuations while expanding property-tax protections for seniors.Staff | September 15, 2026
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Education, Culture & the Family
Oklahoma officials join Supreme Court fight over religious liberty and school choice
Oklahoma officials have joined members of Congress and attorneys general from across the country in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of religious schools in a case challenging Colorado's exclusion of Catholic preschools from a state-funded universal preschool program.Ray Carter | July 21, 2026
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Law & Principles
Left-wing labor commissioner asks Oklahoma Supreme Court to deny OCPA brief
Supporters of State Question 836, including liberal Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn, are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to place the measure on the ballot after the Secretary of State determined the initiative petition fell short of the signatures required under state law.Ray Carter | July 13, 2026
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Law & Principles
U.S. Supreme Court decision vindicates Oklahoma’s girls’ sports law
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may lawfully restrict girls’ and women’s athletic competitions to biological females.Ray Carter | June 30, 2026
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Education
Oklahoma Blaine amendment debate highlights contested history of religious liberty and education
Is Oklahoma's constitutional prohibition on public funding of religious institutions a "Blaine amendment" rooted in the anti-Catholic politics of the late nineteenth century?Ray Carter | June 3, 2026
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Law & Principles
OCPA files lawsuit to protect free speech, voters’ right to information
A federal lawsuit filed by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs on behalf of a district judicial candidate contends that Oklahoma’s current laws and regulations unconstitutionally restrict what judicial contenders may say during campaigns, violating their First Amendment rights.Ray Carter | May 26, 2026
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Law & Principles
U.S. Supreme Court declines tribal income-tax case, leaving Oklahoma ruling intact
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling that all Oklahomans—including tribal citizens living on lands considered “reservation” after the McGirt decision—must pay state income tax.Ray Carter | April 7, 2026
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Law & Principles
OCPA files amicus brief to defend free speech
A man in Oklahoma is serving prison time for “stalking” even though his only “crime” was posting a YouTube rant about his ex-wife. OCPA’s Center for Law & Liberty filed a brief urging the Court of Criminal Appeals to correct this abuse and make clear that offensive or unpleasant speech is still protected speech.Ryan Haynie | February 9, 2026
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Law & Principles
2026 OCPA Legislative Scorecard: Watch List
Here is a list of bills that are eligible to be included on the OCPA Legislative Scorecard for the 2026 legislative session.Staff | January 30, 2026
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Law & Principles
As U.S. Supreme Court transgender cases loom, Oklahoma officials defend women
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in two high-profile cases over whether states may bar men from competing in women’s sports, Oklahoma officials are urging the Court to uphold those laws.Ray Carter | January 13, 2026
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Law & Principles
Ruling reaffirms state power to prosecute crimes within tribal boundaries
A federal judge has rejected the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s request to bar Oklahoma prosecutors from charging American Indians who are not members of the tribe for crimes committed within its historic reservation, which includes much of Tulsa.Ray Carter | November 10, 2025
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Law & Principles
Oklahoma’s commonsense petition reforms are clearly constitutional
A pending Oklahoma Supreme Court case will decide whether it’s legal to require initiative-petition campaigns to gather signatures from across the state rather than relying solely on urban centers.Jonathan Small | October 30, 2025
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Law & Principles
Trump DOJ sides with Oklahoma in birth certificate case
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a brief supporting Oklahoma’s law requiring birth certificates to reflect biological sex as either male or female.Ray Carter | September 30, 2025
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Education
Oklahoma’s next state superintendent must implement social studies, science reforms
Oklahoma’s new social studies and science standards are significantly strengthened from the previous versions. But standards alone are not enough: the next state superintendent must ensure these reforms are implemented in curricula, training, and classrooms.David Randall, Ph.D. | September 29, 2025