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Whether you're talking about politics in Oklahoma or nationally, it seems to be a time of confrontation, hysteria, or despair - depending on your political tribe. In this episode, Emily and James run down a variety of political news that have people talking in Oklahoma and across the nation.
In Oklahoma, primary elections saw a Texas millionaire waste a lot of money in an unsuccessful bid to unseat U.S. Rep Tom Cole (OK CD-4). Also, the OK Supreme Court strikes down an attempt to create a publicly-funded Catholic Charter school. State Schools Superintendent Ryan Walters responds by mandating that all public schools will teach the Bible (as a historical document) and that all public school classrooms will have a Bible in them.
Nationally, Democrats have had a rough couple of weeks. President Joe Biden had a disastrous debate performance, which has led to open calls for him to drop out of the race. President Biden has responded defiantly, saying he is the best candidate to face former President Donald Trump in November. Meanwhile the Supreme Court released (as is its custom at the end of its term) released a slew of cases in which it gave a partial victory to abortion rights advocates, said states are permitted to deny individuals who have restraining orders against them to purchase or own firearms, that former presidents do have some immunity for "official acts," and that the courts will no longer give deference to government agencies when interpreting whether a law passed by Congress authorizes certain rules or regulations created by the agency, but not expressly authorized by Congress.
Along the way, Emily and James move in and out of agreement on various topics, and have a lively discussion of some of the important political events occurring over the last few weeks.
For more information on the race for Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District, read this: https://nondoc.com/2024/06/18/tom-cole-beats-paul-bondar-oklahoma-4th-congressional-district/
To find out more about the OK Supreme Court's rejection of plans to create a religious charter school, go here: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/25/oklahoma-high-court-rejects-religious-charter-school-contract-00164843
To read more about OK State Superintendent Ryan Walters' mandate that all Oklahoma public schools teach "the role the Bible played in American history," click here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/oklahoma-education-head-discusses-why-hes-mandating-public-schools-teach-the-bible
To read about President Biden's debate performance and the political fallout of it, go here: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/04/biden-trump-debate-polling-00166590
To read the most recent opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, click here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/23
For more information on Dr. Emily Stacey, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/
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Everyone knows that the Supreme Court is divided between 6 "conservative" justices and 3 "liberal" justices - and that's all you really need to know about the decisions made by the Court, right? "Not so fast," says Dr. Dean Jens and Sarah Isgur in their recent article for politico. Jens and Isgur note that roughly 50% of the Court's decisions in its 2022-2023 term were unanimous. Less than 10% of the divided opinions had the 6-3 conservative/liberal division. In addition, 90% of those cases had at least one liberal justice in the majority.
In this episode, Emily and James visit with Dr. Jens and Dr. Keith Eakins, a specialist in judicial processes and Constitutional law, regarding some interesting and unexpected overlaps between justices, the role ideology plays in judicial decision-making, and whether we should think of the camps within the Supreme Court justices as 3-3-3 court rather than 6-3.
Along the way, James tries to explain what is meant by "standing" in the judicial context, Emily and James give a preview of the OK primaries, and they introduce a new segment called "I have questions."
To read the Politico article by Dr. Dean Jens and Sarah Isgur, go here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/02/supreme-court-justice-math-00152188
To find out more about Dr. Dean Jens, click here: https://business.ucf.edu/person/dean-jens/
To find out more about Dr. Keith Eakins, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-rollin-eakins-jd-phd-02a23713/
Click here to learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/
Click here to learn more about Professor James Davenport: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/
Not My Generation is recorded and produced by Possibilities, Inc. You can learn more about Possibilities, Inc. here: https://www.possibilitiesinc.org/
You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at NotMyGeneration@raider.rose.edu.
The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.
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In this episode, Emily and James visit with Andy Moore, Founder & CEO of Let's Fix This, and Dr. Bradley Ward, Deputy State Director for Americans for Prosperity of Oklahoma. Both organizations are grassroots organizations that advocate for various public policies. We visit with them about the most recent legislative session, the main policies they advocated for and against, and a little about the recent convictions of former President Donald Trump in New York.
Along the way, we learn about Right of First Refusal Laws, some differences the guests have regarding tax policy, and James and Emily discuss their recent trips out of state for some academic meetings.
To learn more about Andy Moore, go here: https://andymoore.com/about
To get more information about Let's Fix This, go here: https://letsfixthis.org/
To check out Andy Moore's podcast, Let's Pod This, go here: https://lets-pod-this.captivate.fm/
To find out more about Dr. Bradley Ward, go here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradward42/
To learn more about Americans for Prosperity, go here: https://americansforprosperity.org/about/
Learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/
Learn more about Prof. James Davenport here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/
Not My Generation is recorded and produced by Possibilities, Inc. You can learn more about Possibilities, Inc. here: https://www.possibilitiesinc.org/
You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at NotMyGeneration@raider.rose.edu.
The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.
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In this interview, State Senator Adam Pugh (R-Edmond) pays a second visit to Not My Generation to discuss the end of the legislative session in Oklahoma and gives his thoughts on the legislature's budget transparency initiative. Along the way, we also discuss the "seedy underbelly" of youth sports, whether college athletes should simply be employees of their universities, and Sen. Pugh's thoughts about effective economic development in Oklahoma. And James & Emily let loose on the Federal Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of sunscreen.
To learn more about State Senator Adam Pugh you can visit here: https://oksenate.gov/senators/adam-pugh; and here: https://ballotpedia.org/Adam_Pugh
You can find the OK House of Representatives' Budget Transparency Portal here: https://former.okhouse.gov/Publications/FiscalReports3.aspx
You can find the initial budget proposal by the Oklahoma State Senate here: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SRES/SR31%20INT.PDF
Here is the article James referenced regarding the FDA's regulation of sunscreens: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/sunscreen-united-states-fda-ingredients-rcna153526
Our apologies to Alex Tabarrok, professor of economics at George Mason University (GMU), who wrote the article. James misidentified Peter Boettke, also an economics professor at GMU, as the author.
Learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/
Learn more about Prof. James Davenport here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/
Not My Generation is recorded and produced by Possibilities, Inc. You can learn more about Possibilities, Inc. here: https://www.possibilitiesinc.org/
You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at NotMyGeneration@raider.rose.edu.
The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.
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In this episode, Oklahoma-based public opinion researcher Bill Shapard, of SoonerPoll.com, visits with an ad hoc group of Gen Z students from Rose State College. We review some of the results of Harvard's latest youth survey and discuss with the panel their thoughts on various issues covered in the poll.
Along the way, Emily and James also have separate rants about the campus protests occurring around the country. They are both concerned about protecting free speech and ensuring the safety of students, faculty, and others - regardless of those students' or faculty members' views on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
For more information on the Harvard Youth Survey, go here: https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/47th-edition-spring-2024
For more about Bill Shapard you can click here: https://www.shapard.com/about
You can find out more about the work of SoonerPoll.com here: https://www.soonerpoll.com/
For a quick rundown of important Supreme Court cases involving free speech, go here: https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/free-speech/
To learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/
To learn more about Professor James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/
Not My Generation is recorded and produced by Possibilities, Inc. You can learn more about Possibilities, Inc. here: https://www.possibilitiesinc.org/
You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at NotMyGeneration.raider.rose.edu.
The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty or students.
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In this episode, Emily and James visit with OK State Senator Adam Pugh (R-Edmond, OK) regarding the important steps the legislature has taken this session to improve transparency around the creation of the state budget - and what still needs to be done. He also discusses the importance of civics education and his efforts to promote it.
Along the way, we discover how the TV show "Family Ties" helped turn Sen. Pugh into a Ronald Reagan Fan, that the Senator is not afraid of a push-up challenge with students, and how we can use data to ensure the state's new school choice program will give families real information to make the best educational choice for their children.

To learn more about Sen. Pugh, click here: https://oksenate.gov/senators/adam-pugh

If you would like to see the OK State Senate's proposed budget, click here: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SRES/SR31%20int.PDF

If you would like to see the OK House of Representatives' budget website, click here: https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiNjkwMDcwYjItOTQ2OC00ZTM0LTkzYzktM2FiYjk3NjZjYzBmIiwidCI6ImZjODgwMmI3LTRlNDUtNDhiYS1hMWYzLWY4NzU4MmQzNjY5YyJ9&pageName=ReportSectionf0e4e8076cb97d940172

To learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

To learn more about Professor Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

The Not My Generation podcast is recorded and produced by Possibilities Inc. You can learn more about Possibilities Inc. here: https://www.possibilitiesinc.org/

You can follow Not My Generation on X (Twitter) at @NMGpodcast and on Facebook at Not My Generation Podcast. You can also email us at NotMyGeneration.radier.rose.edu.

The views expressed here are solely the views of the hosts and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty or students.