One cool thing about being the Governor’s brother is that it probably makes it easier to dodge a speeding ticket.
Well, at least you’d think so.
For example, if you were driving 65 down NW Expressway and a cop pulled you over, I bet it would be pretty easy to get out with at least a warning and/or police escort home.
“Sir, I clocked you driving 20 over the speed limit. I also noticed you have loaded firearms and several empty cans of Twisted Tea in the bed of your truck.”
“It’s fine. My brother’s the governor. Can you follow me home?”
Unfortunately for Kevin Stitt’s older brother Keith, things haven’t worked out quite that easily for him.
Back in 2021, he was hit with a $250 speeding ticket while zipping and zooming down a highway in Tulsa.
Instead of just sucking it up and paying the ticket like normal folks — or getting his little brother to pull some strings — he’s taking it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, apparently because one of his ancestors bought his way onto the Cherokee tribal rolls over a century ago.
Via News 9:
Gov. Kevin Stitt's brother, Keith, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider his efforts to dismiss a four-year-old traffic ticket.
In 2021, Tulsa police fined him $250 for speeding within Muscogee Creek Nation boundaries. Keith Stitt argued that state courts didn't have jurisdiction because he is a tribal member and was ticketed on tribal land. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled against him in March of 2025.
In a petition filed Wednesday, Keith accuses the state of defying the federal McGirt decision.
Yep, Stitt’s brother is taking his speeding ticket all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Say what you want, but he’s definitely making the most of his Pre-Paid Legal membership! I bet Mike Turpen and the ghost of Harland Stonecipher are shitting bricks over how much this case is costing them!
Okay sorry. I had to sneak in a reference that only my proofreader and a couple of people from Ada would understand.
Anyway, I’ll admit I don’t fully grasp all the ins and outs of tribal sovereignty like I probably should, but I’m totally cheering for the tribes in their quest to win back what’s rightfully theirs.
What can I say, I like to root for the underdog, and after five hundred years or so of mistreatment, oppression, and genocide at the hands of the United States government, it’s hard to find a bigger underdog than our tribal nations. They’re like watching old-school Gonzaga play Duke!
That being said, can’t the tribes find more sympathetic plaintiffs than a convicted child molester named McGirt and an entitled white guy with a need for speed named Stitt?
Seriously, go find us a true Cinderella who’s out there sticking it to the man, or someone wrongfully convicted of some dumb crime, and preferably someone with a badass Cherokee surname like Blackhorse or Koostachin. The optics here matter.
But then again, that’s just me being nitpicky.
Even though he’s the Governor’s brother, not really Cherokee, and fighting to get out of a speeding ticket, we wish Keith Stitt the best of luck solidifying tribal sovereignty — and pissing off his Stitt-for-Brains brother. Let’s just hope he doesn’t lose his Pre-Paid Legal membership in the process.
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