First Principles:
I believe it’s time for Oklahomans to remind ourselves of our First Principles – Liberty, Limited Government, and the Rule of Law. And I will apply these First Principles to the office of Attorney General.

Liberty:
I will serve as Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma for one fundamental reason --- to advance your freedom.

As Attorney General I want to make government less in your life. To give you more liberty. To give meaning to the Constitution.

Washington DC tells us that we possess freedom, yet the federal government defines the extent of that freedom through the regulations of unelected bureaucrats.

We are told we have property rights, yet we experience the government taking our lands via eminent domain for non-governmental purposes and curtailing our use and enjoyment of our own property via confiscatory environmental regulations based on junk science.

We are told we possess the freedom to exercise our religious beliefs, but only privately and within the four walls of the church.

We are told we possess the right to keep and bear arms, but only subject to the regulations of someone far away from us, unelected and unaccountable.

The most important and fundamental freedom -- the very freedom to be born, has for decades been dismissed by a hostile, imperial and unaccountable Supreme Court.

We are told that it is unlawful for you to not have health insurance, and that if you drive a car different than the one Washington thinks you should drive, you will pay a penalty.

Oklahomans deserve an Attorney General who will stand up to the Obama Administration that seeks greater and greater control your life. Oklahomans deserve and Attorney General who will stand unapologetically for the truths of the Constitution.

The Rule of Law
Protecting Families:
Protecting our families requires diligent prosecution of those that violate the law, especially those that perpetrate crimes against children.

Prosecuting Public Corruption:
I will fight against the corrupting of our institutions and the abuse of power. It exists. And the role of the Attorney General is to root it out.

Criminal Appeals:
It is now my responsibility to ensure that the guilty are held accountable for the crimes they commit. I will work to insure that criminal appeals don't languish. Justice delayed is Justice denied.

Limited Government:
ObamaCare:
The passage of President Obama’s healthcare legislation in Washington fundamentally alters the relationship of citizen to government in America. Rather than government serving the citizen, it seeks to become master, controlling, dictating and utilizing power it does not possess.

Our founding documents are legal documents, not suggestions. They exist to control the impulses of men, and counteract the temptation toward tyranny; where elected individuals think they know better than the people they serve, that they are somehow more enlightened. The Founders defeated a monarchy that believed such things. We must in our generation now do the same.

I will, on behalf of Oklahomans, initiate a constitutional challenge to the legislation in its entirety, with a goal of rendering the legislation null and void in the State of Oklahoma.

Protecting Religious Freedom
While in private practice, Scott Pruitt came to the defense of Oklahomans whose religious liberty had been threatened by a state agency. The case involved a state employee who had been reprimanded for holding a Bible study in her home. Pruitt took on the Attorney General who defended the Oklahoma law in place at that time, and won. Because of his hard work and knowledge of Constitutional law, Scott’s client returned to her job and the thousands of men and women who work for the state government are now more able to freely express and develop their personal faith.

During Pruitt's early years in the State Senate, Scott introduced, and was able to pass the Religious Freedoms Act. Through Scott’s leadership, Oklahoma became among the first group of states to pass this type of act that makes it more difficult for a government to burden an individual's practicing of his or her faith, even in the public square.

Office of Federalism
Inside the Office of Federalism I will assign attorneys in the A.G.'s office whose primary responsibility is to determine how the office can and should push back against Washington. Whether it's related to property rights, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to educate our children, or related to the first amendment, the attorney general must have resources and leaders internal to the office fighting those battles every day.

In addition to bringing suit against the Obama Administration’s newly passed health care mandates, the new Office of Federalism will defend Oklahomans against agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency when its regulations seek to establish climate and energy policy absent congressional action, and the Nat'l Highway Traffic & Safety Administration in setting new fuel-economy standards.

Crimes Against Children
I will aggressively prosecute and use the full resources of the office of Attorney General to enhance punishment against those who perpetrate crimes against children.