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Each of the 77 counties in Oklahoma was required to have three county commissioners, resulting in a statewide total of 231 county commissioners at any given time.Although according to law, they were supposed to work together as one body, in practice they operated individually, with each focusing on their local roads district instead of countywide needs. [3]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought suit against the Commission in the District Court of Oklahoma County, alleging the Monument violated Article 2, Section 5 of the Oklahoma Constitution. Such section prohibits the State government from using public funds or public property for the benefit of sectarian religious purposes.
It's not a permanent fix, but it's a fix, and advocates for the poor say an infusion of funds in Oklahoma County will fill a need the state wrote off. Oklahoma County stepping in after state cuts ...
Impeachment or removal from office is a mechanism for removing a government official from office. In Oklahoma, impeachment of state officials is governed by the Oklahoma Constitution and covers statewide elected officials. Removal from office is governed by statute and applies to other elected officials in the state.
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The ballot measure, which passed with over 70% of the vote, added bans on Sharia law and international law to the Oklahoma state constitution. However, the amended language never went into effect; a challenge in federal court successfully argued that it violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oklahoma on Tuesday seeking to block a law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in the state illegally. The lawsuit in federal court in ...
The Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 (74 O.S. Sections 10.1–10.4) is an Oklahoma state law that requires the Governor of Oklahoma to organize the various 500 or more departments, agencies, boards, commissions and other entities of the state's executive branch into a cabinet system. The act grouped state agencies into clusters with an ...