AR-News: Oklahoma Supreme Court Affirms Cockfight Ban!!!

[Political Animal]

This is a huge victory for the good guys!  The
Oklahoma Supreme Court has totally rejected the
cockfighters lawsuits challenging the cockfighting ban
that was passed into law in November of 2002.

Here is the AP story out of Oklahoma City:

 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ' The Oklahoma Supreme Court
upheld the  constitutionality Tuesday of the ban on
cockfighting that was  approved by voters two years
ago.°    The court rejected claims of cockfighting
proponents that  the law was unconstitutionally vague
and deprived people  involved in the cockfighting
industry of their property.°    ²The act is a proper
exercise of the police power, enacted  by the
electorate through the initiative process by virtue of
 its reserved legislative power,³ the opinion said. It
was  signed by Chief Justice Joseph M. Watt and six
other justices.°    Attorney General Drew Edmondson
had asked the court to rule  on the constitutionality
of the law after district court  injunctions and
restraining orders had suspended enforcement of  the
ban in about 25 counties.°    Two justices, Marion
Opala and James Edmondson, brother of  the attorney
general, did not take part in the opinion.°    The
cockfighting ban was approved by 125,000 votes in 
November, 2002.°    Edmondson had argued the core
issue in the case was the  peopleµs right to engage in
the initiative petition process.°    The attorney
general said the state had a legitimate  interest in
banning cockfighting to prevent cruelty to animals.°  
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