Oklahoma legislature runs amok

Oklahona is the reddest state in the country, measured by the percent of state elected officials who are Republican.   But, even for them, this week has been extreme.

On Thursday, their legislature passed a law -- without discussion or debate and by a vote of 33 to 12 -- making it a felony to perform an abortion, with a penalty of three years in prison and loss of the right to practice medicine in the state for any doctor who does.   The only exception was to save the life of the mother.  On its face, this bill is unconstitutional;  courts so ruled on a similar bill in Utah some years ago.   But the authors hope is to start the process of overturning Roe v. Wade.   And, in fact, on Friday Gov. Mary Fallon vetoed the bill.  Although a staunch anti-abortionist herself, the governor said the bill was too vague and would undoubtedly be declared unconstitutional by the courts.

On Friday, the legislature passed a resolution calling for impeachment proceedings against President Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch over the Justice Department's guidelines to states on the trans bathroom issue in public schools.

This is the legislative equivalent of running amok.   It's absurd.   It makes our whole country look stupid to the rest of the world.

Ralph