Judicial Reform

Gov. Stitt signs judicial reform bill

Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation Thursday that modernizes the district lines used to select Oklahoma Supreme Court nominees so district populations are roughly equal.

Ray Carter
April 26, 2019
Judicial Reform

Judicial redistricting headed to governor

Oklahoma lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Kevin Stitt's desk that would redraw judicial district lines.

Ray Carter
April 17, 2019
Judicial Reform

Judicial-selection reform clears Senate committee

Legislation making its way through the Oklahoma Legislature would reform and modernize the 1967-era geographical districts by which state Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals judges are appointed.   

Mike Brake
April 4, 2019
Judicial Reform

Three important judicial reforms

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court district boundaries have not changed since the 1960s. While people have moved around, those lines have stayed the same for half a century. This isn’t merely unfair—it also hurts the quality of our judiciary for basic reasons described by James Madison.

Trent England
January 30, 2018
Judicial Reform

Current and former prosecutors shed light on legal procedures

Why would an Oklahoma district attorney file felony charges against a state official and then drop those charges, only to declare that the charges could be refiled at a later date?

Jay Chilton
August 18, 2017
Judicial Reform

Shift Power from the Elites to the People: Reform the Judicial Nominating Commission

No federal judges were on the ballot in 2016. Of course, federal judges are never on the ballot, and yet they are routinely an important subject in campaigns for President and U.S. Senate.

Trent England
January 1, 2017
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

Gov. Stitt: ‘Are we done? Absolutely not’

Ray Carter
July 8, 2019

As public charter schools come under attack, parents, school officials tout success

Ray Carter
June 6, 2019

Scholarship tax credit accounts for a tiny fraction of Oklahoma’s total tax credits

Curtis Shelton
July 16, 2019
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