The idea of expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court, also known as court packing, has surfaced once again, as it did after the Brett Kavanaugh appointment.
Often mentioned is a proposal by Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of University of California Berkeley’s Law School. He favors increasing the size of the court to 13 instead of its current nine.
To the Editor:
I want to thank all of you for the work on taking down the old windmill at the museum so it can be repaired.
Vardie Keenon would be proud of you all. That was his baby.
The only one I could recognize in the pictures was Ellis on top of the windmill.
Thanks to you all and you too, Vicki Proctor.
Stan Higgins
To The Editor:
On Monday, Sept. 28, as Christina Ramsey, the director of Mobile Meals, entered the kitchen to begin the preparation of 260 meals for 132 meal recipients, she discovered the big triple freezer had malfunctioned and close to $1,000 of frozen meat had spoiled.
There was no safe way to save the meat, so ground beef, whole turkeys, sausage, shredded pork, cubed chicken, etc., had to be trashed.
One of America’s most popular conservative pundits is known for his catchphrase, “Facts don’t care about your feelings.”
While people may feel differently about the policy of SQ 805, here are the facts.
Oklahoma has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country. We have the highest incarceration rate for women. Yet Oklahoma crime rates are not so extreme -- neither in the very worst nor the very best among the states.
“If someone calls it socialism,” said Rev. William Barber at an August 2019 conference of the Democratic National Committee, “then we must compel them to acknowledge that the Bible must then promote socialism, because Jesus offered free health care to everyone, and he never charged a leper a co-pay.”
The following is adapted from a Hillsdale College online lecture delivered in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 19, 2020.
Between a global pandemic, economic crisis and multiple natural disasters, there are few aspects of 2020 that any of us could have predicted, and many Oklahomans feel uncertain about the future.
One thing we can do to build a stable and prosperous Oklahoma is for all Oklahomans to complete the 2020 U.S. Census.
It is critical that all Oklahomans are counted in the 2020 U.S. Census because important funding decisions are made based on census participation.
Perhaps you have encountered a phenomenon most Oklahomans are familiar with: Cruising south on I-35, as soon as you cross the Red River the road gets noticeably smoother.
The painted lane stripes get a little brighter and the roadside “Welcome to Texas” Visitors Center gleams in the sunlight, a modern and well-maintained reminder of how much more money the Lone Star State spends on public infrastructure than little old Oklahoma.
Rather than have a nationwide popular vote, the United States chooses its president through the Electoral College with the outcome tied to multiple state-level elections.
This system ensures voters in smaller states like Oklahoma are still prized by presidential candidates. But it has also ensured minority groups of all types can wield greater influence even as consensus-building is incentivized.
The Electoral College’s benefit has accrued not only to those interested in specific issues — such as pro-life voters or environmentalists — but to racial minorities as well.
Constitution Day, Sept. 17, the day Americans celebrate the signing of the Constitution which was then sent to the states for ratification, is almost here.
The numerous attacks on it, its founders, and the anarchy in our big cities today should give us cause to reflect upon what a gift it was/is to mankind.
