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Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks creation of first publicly-funded religious charter school

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the creation of a publicly-funded religious charter school, S t. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School violates the First Amendment and Oklahoma State Constitution. The court said the St. The court said the St. The court found that St.

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Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma must execute Richard Glossip

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Share Twice in the past decade the Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing Richard Glossip. But even with the Oklahoma’s rare confession of error, both the state’s highest court for criminal cases and the state’s pardon and parole board turned down Glossip’s pleas for relief. 9, two former U.S.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oklahoma Federal Court Allowed Landowner to Proceed with NEPA Challenge of Osage Nation Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Northern District of Oklahoma denied non-federal defendants’ motion to dismiss a landowner’s lawsuit claiming that the U.S. Optimus Steel, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

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In my second dispatch from this Convention, I spoke with the amendment’s sponsor, Crispin South, a Choctaw law student at ASU and a delegate representing Oklahoma. He said the amendment was important to protect tribal sovereignty from Supreme Courts that often don’t understand the rights tribal nations have. New London.

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Returning regulation to the states, and predictable harms to health

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Additionally, travel distance is a known barrier to care that jeopardizes health, which the court recognized in 2016 in Whole Woman’s Health v. People from states with restrictive regimes, like Oklahoma , already are traveling to states that protect access. Hellerstedt.

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The Anti-ESG Movement Has Not Fared Well in Court, but Critical Decisions Are Pending

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The federal court ruled resoundingly in favor of SIFMA, finding for plaintiffs on all counts. The loss has already had ramifications in other cases, including in Oklahoma, where state pensioner Don Keenan sued the state over its boycott of financial institutions that allegedly discriminate against the oil and gas industry.

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