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The opinion said the act of voting for president in the electoral college is a federal function not subject to state law and state laws requiring electors to vote only for the candidates they pledged are unconstitutional and unenforceable. On October 16, 2019, Colorado appealed the 10th Circuit's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. [16] [17]
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 Oklahoma county commissioners scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States. Brought to light in the 1980s through the OKSCAM investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation , the investigation resulted in hundreds of people being charged with taking kickbacks or stealing public money . [ 1 ]
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has been outspoken about his Christian faith, made the announcement Thursday at the state Capitol. Oklahoma governor says he's launching a new 'faith-based' office ...
An Oklahoma faith coalition is sounding the alarm about several proposed bills that would allow public schools to hire faith-based chaplains or accept them as volunteers without requiring ...
Under Oklahoma law, any gear that promotes a political candidate — like T-shirts, hats, buttons or masks — is banned within 300 feet of polling places and early in-person absentee voting sites ...
Absolute immunity: When absolute immunity applies, a government actor may not be sued for the allegedly wrongful act, even if that person acted maliciously or in bad faith; and; Qualified immunity: When qualified immunity applies, the government actor is shielded from liability only if specific conditions are met, as specified in statute or ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state of Oklahoma is violating federal law by unnecessarily committing people with mental illness and drug abuse disorders to psychiatric hospitals, the U.S. Justice ...