Patrick Wyrick is either the 'wonder boy' or the 'bastard' of the high court. After today's ruling, I clearly side with the latter. He was not constitutionally allowed to be nominated, much less serve; yet the judicial nominating committee had little regard for the constitution, so they nominated an OKC resident to a slot constitutionally reserved for a voter in the Second Judicial District ('Little Dixie' region) of the state. Gov. Fallin had even less regard for the constitution when she selected him over the only two other options given to her. And even more egregious was the way the high court refused to even listen to a challenge by an Oklahoma legal watchdog group. The court said that only the two other finalists had constitutional standing to challenge. Tell that to 'Little Dixie' residents who just got denied constitutional representation. They got a 'carpetbagger' scam. Now this young esquire is denying the plain text of the constitution and replacing it with the court's own seance sessions where they divine the attitude of the founders... if it suits their desired outcomes. Never mind that the constitution was amended more than 150 times by State Questions. Why don't they divine the attitudes of us who were here in 1992 and voted for the stiff provisions? |
Brogdon was a gubernatorial candidate in 2010, and served as OKGOP Chairman, in 2015.
Oral arguments at the Oklahoma Supreme Court will be on Tuesday, August 8th, beginning at 10am. There are at least 3 separate plaintiffs and multiple separate suits filed.
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