 Law & Principles, Culture & the Family OCPA praises Supreme Court ruling favoring religious liberty
OCPA President Jonathan Small said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis preserves citizens’ core right to religious liberty and free speech.
Staff | June 30, 2023 OCPA praises Supreme Court ruling favoring religious liberty Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Law & Principles Tribes hail ‘get out of jail free’ card for Indians
Tribal leaders are praising a federal court decision that effectively gave Indians a “get out of jail free” card by ruling that tribal citizens are exempt from local law enforcement in Tulsa and other communities located on historic reservation land throughout eastern Oklahoma.
Ray Carter | June 30, 2023 Tribes hail ‘get out of jail free’ card for Indians Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Law & Principles Stitt offers tribes status-quo deal on tobacco compacts
Gov. Kevin Stitt has offered tribal governments a one-year extension of state-tribal compacts that maintains the status quo as it has existed for nearly a decade, including payment of millions of dollars to tribes that the state does not legally have to provide.
Ray Carter | June 29, 2023 Stitt offers tribes status-quo deal on tobacco compacts Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.  Law & Principles Record contradicts tribe’s public-safety claim
The recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled that American Indians are exempt from local enforcement of speeding laws and other municipal regulations in areas lying within some Oklahoma tribes’ historic reservation lines. The cross-deputization of tribal and local police offered as a solution has already failed to address existing problems.
Ray Carter | June 29, 2023 Record contradicts tribe’s public-safety claim Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
   
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