Who’s ready for another episode of "As the Oklahoma legal and political ecosystem turns!”
Over the past year or so, we’ve told you about a costly, ill-conceived, solve-nothing law our pandering legislators passed that let State Treasurer Todd Russ – an unqualified oil industry lemming and political opportunist – ban and boycott certain banks and financial institutions from doing business with the state if they “discriminate” against oil companies by offering certain ESG investment products.
Because the law violates the pesky part of the state constitution that requires “public pensions be managed for the sole purpose of benefiting retirees” – and not for the sole purpose of benefiting conservative politicians looking to pander to oil industry executives, right-wing yahoos, and other Derplahomans – a lawsuit was quickly filed challenging the bill.