Notices tagged with oklahoma

It has been a while... so have some ants!

I believe these are Red Harvester Ants taken near Lake Hefner in Oklahoma

#Ants #Insects #Pogonomyrmex #barbatus #Oklahoma #Formicidae #Photography #Nature #Harvester

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/muscogee-creek-supreme-court-ruling

Very good news for the #Freedmen of the #Muskogee / #Creek Nation.

Now it is time for the #Chickasaw, and #Choctaw nations to grant their Freedmen citizenship rights, and for the #Seminole nation to lift their freedmen citizens from their current second-class citizenship status.

#Indigenous #NativeAmerican #FirstNations #Oklahoma #NativeAmericanLaw #IndianLaw

https://www.news9.com/story/686de418f023bda6c04ff4e5/-anti-government-militia-says-it-s-targeting-oklahoma-weather-radars

#MAGA #Trump #conspiracytheories #weather #weatherradar #VeteransOnPatrol #Oklahoma #Jan6

I guess this is the United States now...

Four state legislatures have passed bills ending judicial deference in 2025, most recently Missouri and Oklahoma

#Texas #StateCourts #Missouri #Oklahoma #JudicialDeference

https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/06/16/four-state-legislatures-have-passed-bills-ending-judicial-deference-in-2025-most-recently-missouri-and-oklahoma/

Y'ALL.

I just got home from the #NoKings protest in #OKC.

Early numbers reports and a statement from the rally podium say THIS WAS THE BIGGEST PROTEST IN #OKLAHOMA HISTORY.

It was gorgeous.

We marched for about 1.2 miles to the rallying point outside City Hall. This took about 30 min.
Spouse & I were with 5 friends (3 more joined us later). By the time we had been at the rallying point for 20 min, the marchers further back WERE STILL COMING.

Literally every flavor of human represented.
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Amy Coney Barrett Might Be More Reasonable Than We Thought

#LegalBattle #Unexpected #Oklahoma #ChristianRight #SupremeCourt

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64855428/amy-coney-barrett-oklahoma-christian-charter-schools/

Via Steve Vladeck:

#BREAKING: In #Oklahoma religious charter school case, #SCOTUS splits 4-4 (with Justice Barrett recused), which means the lower-court ruling (barring the religious charter school) stands without a (precedential) opinion:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-394_9p6b.pdf

She also announced that the #DOJ will be closing out investigations & retracting prior findings of wrongdoing against the #police departments in #Phoenix, #Arizona, #Memphis, #Tennessee, #Trenton, #NewJersey, #MountVernon, #NewYork, #OklahomaCity, #Oklahoma & the #Louisiana State Police.

#law #BLM #ACAB #US #PoliceReform #CivilRights

This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools

#SCOTUS #PublicEducation #CharterSchools #Oklahoma #EducationPolicy

https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/this-supreme-court-decision-could-determine-the-future-of-charter-schools-burris-20250513/

There might not be anything on the ballot that captures headlines in the way “Wisconsin vs. Musk” did in April, but there are still consequential elections taking place in the U.S. @taniel and Alex Burness of @bolts break down who can vote for what this month. It’s almost all local — mayoral races, school boards and ballot measures — and local elections matter.

https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/guide-to-elections-in-may-2025/

#UnitedStates #Elections #LocalNews #LocalPolitics #Texas #Nebraska #Massachusetts #Oklahoma #Pennsylvania #NewYork #Oregon #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Joyce Vance points to the words of the woman whose home in Oklahoma was invaded by federal agents said after the agents barged into the home she shared with her three daughters, terrorizing them, forcing them to stand in the rain in the underwear, taking their property — and then it turned out, these were not even the people these agents were seeking:

“Can you just reprogram yourself and see us as humans, as women?"

#Trump #ICE #FBI #immigrants #Oklahoma
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/not-ok-in-oklahoma

The watchdog group Accountable.us & Rep Hank Johson (D-GA) issued a letter calling for #ClarenceThomas’s #recusal from the #Oklahoma case because of his ties to Nicole Garnett, the #NotreDame #law prof, who helped shepherd it.

But unlike #AmyConeyBarrett, Thomas did not #recuse.

Garnett was a clerk for Thomas in the late 1990s & has maintained a close relationship w/ him, which Accountable & Johnson say call into question his objectivity in the case.

#law #SCOTUS #ethics

The #FreeExercise clause prohibits the
govt from interfering wi/the right of individuals to practice #religion, while the establishment clause prevents the govt from establishing an official religion or favoring faith over nonbelief.

“This #Oklahoma case is the potential culmination of the Roberts court effort to cast the free-exercise clause in the starring role in our constitutional order, & offer the establishment clause only a cameo,”Driver said.

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ActivistCourt

#Religious leaders, politicians & #PublicPolicy experts predict an explosion of new, #government-funded #religious #schools if #SCOTUS sides w/ #Catholic church ofcls in #Oklahoma in the case. Becoming a charter school would mean a steady stream of #funding & no need to charge #tuition.

#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #judiciary #NAR #NewApostolicReformation #education #indoctrination #FederalistSociety #FarRight #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #USpol

However, #Oklahoma’s AG disagreed & said #CharterSchools are #public entities that must be #secular [agreed].
Chief Justice #JohnRoberts pointed out that the court’s earlier #religious-rights decisions involved discrete #tax or #tuition credits & said this proposal “does strike me as much more comprehensive involvement” by the #government in #religion.
#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #indoctrination #FederalistSociety #FarRight #ActivistCourt #USpol

Under questioning from Justice #ElenaKagan, the attorney for the #Oklahoma #CharterSchool board emphasized that St. Isidore’s is not seeking to exclude students based on their #religion. But what if another school wanted to do that? she asked.

Atty James Campbell replied that this would require a different analysis.

“The state’s interest in that case would be very different—the interest in ensuring that #schools open to all,” he said.

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #education

Justice #SamuelAlito grilled atty James Campbell on a claim brought by opponents of St. Isidore: that a ruling for the #Catholic #school could force #students into #religious institutions, because the school would be their “only free public option.”

Campbell said #Oklahoma #law forbids an entire #SchoolDistrict from converting to #CharterSchools. If such a situation arose, families could file a separate challenge.

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education

Justice Brett #Kavanaugh seemed to try to help the #school’s atty by getting him to respond to concerns raised by Justice #Sotomayor. “You’re not saying the state can favor one #religion over another?” Kavanaugh asked.

In response, atty James Campbell assured #SCOTUS that no #student in #Oklahoma is forced to attend a #CharterSchool. “There are plenty of other options,” he said.

#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt

James Campbell, atty for the state charter board, replied that #Oklahoma state is simply signing a contract with a private entity with various contractual requirements.

“The state is not running these #schools,” he said. “There are dozens of other requirements that #CharterSchools are not subject to.”

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt

Justice #ElenaKagan signaled skepticism of the proposed #Catholic #school, suggesting #CharterSchools are much like traditional #PublicSchools: They accept all applicants, they’re free, the state has a say in the #curriculum, the schools have to comply w/state #standards, & they can be closed by the state.
“When I look at #Oklahoma & its charter school program, these #schools look like regular public schools. These charter schools are, in every respect, equivalent to regular public schools”
#law