The Oklahoma Constitution

Republicans Will Retain Control of Legislature

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

The candidate filing period for the Oklahoma Legislature this year was April 8-10. Due to the COVID...Continued Inside...

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Statewide Races and Congressional Seats on Ballot

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

In 2020, the Oklahoma candidate filing period was April 8-10. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...Continued Inside...

Oklahoma Presidential Primary Election

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

Oklahoma was among14 states holding Presidential Primary Elections on March 3, 2020 in what is known...Continued Inside...

America Founded on Christianty, Not the Enlightenment

Published: Spring 2020 By: Bill Graves

Was America founded on European Enlightenment thinking as some persons claim? Timothy Sandefur in...Continued Inside...

Petitions to Place State Questions on Ballot

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

A number of petitions to place State Questions on the ballot in 2020 have been filed with the...Continued Inside...

Gov. Stitt Unveils Plan to Reopen Oklahoma

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

On April 22, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) plan to start...Continued Inside...

Oklahoma Legislators Rated

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

The Oklahoma Constitution presents the 42nd annual Oklahoma Conservative Index rating our state legislators. Members of each house of the Oklahoma Legislature were rated on ten key votes. A favorable vote on these issues represents a belief in...... Continued Inside...

Legislature Considers Bills

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

The Oklahoma Legislature went into its annual mid-session recess on March 18, which coincides with spring break for many schools. In a normal year, they would have resumed the following week, however, due to the corona virus pandemic, they did not...... Continued Inside...

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Tidbits for Spring 2020

Constitution Staff Spring 2020

Oklahoma New Brand UnveiledOn February 12, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell unveiled the states new brand. The brand is a result of nine months of work by a volunteer committee consisting of more than 140 creatives. As Secretary...... Continued Inside...

Gov. Stitt Unveils Plan to Reopen Oklahoma

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

On April 22, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) plan to start reopening Oklahoma. The announcement came almost one month after he announced the first restrictions in response to the COVID-19 virus pandemic on March 24. Stitt...... Continued Inside...

Petitions to Place State Questions on Ballot

Published: Spring 2020 By: Constitution Staff

A number of petitions to place State Questions on the ballot in 2020 have been filed with the Secretary of State over the past year. Some have been withdrawn and some were invalidated. Others are still advancing, but like so many other things, the corona...... Continued Inside...

America Founded on Christianty, Not the Enlightenment

Published: Spring 2020 By: Bill Graves

Was America founded on European Enlightenment thinking as some persons claim? Timothy Sandefur in National Review (12-9-19) reviewed Americas Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It, by C....... Continued Inside...

Constitution Columnists

Ron McWhirter

Covid-19 Impacts the 2020 Oklahoma Conservative Index
We believe the most important product of this publication is our annual Oklahoma Conservative Index...

Steve Byas

Jim Inhofe
Perhaps another person could take his place and do an even better job than Jim Inhofe, but I...

Linda Murphy

Oklahoma Education, Covid and Global Control
Since Spring Break, the public schools have been closed due to COVID 19, bringing children and their...

Charlie Meadows

Evaluating the Governor and Legislature under Covid-19 and the Medicaid Expansion
My article in the Winter edition evaluated Governor Stitts performance after a year in office. This...

Tim Bakamjian

Mult-Trillion Dollar Tragedy
In late March, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the $2.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid...

Shane Smith

A Self-Inflicted Apocalypse
Youve really got to hand it to COVID-19; in a matter of weeks it has accomplished what the War on...

Theodore King

The Federal Page
This is a noteworthy column. It is my 81st column. I began writing for The Oklahoma Constitution...

David Deming

Social Justice and....Fried Chicken?
Since an infamous 2015 incident involving members of the SAE fraternity chanting racial epithets,...

Richard Engle

In this Time
I remember hectic times. I remember busy days. I remember missing appointments because of crazed...

John Michener

Time for Executive Orders
Do we have any mighty men of faith who will establish justice in the midst of the current crisis?...

Past Issues of The Oklahoma Constitution

Winter 2020

Oklahoma Economy in Hands of State Supreme Court | From the General Manager | Gross Receipts Indicate Economic Expansion Slowing | Status of Petitions Filed to Place State Questions on Ballot | Oklahoma Presidential Primary Election |