History
The court was established by provisions in the 1907 Oklahoma Constitution and statutes enacted by the 1908 state legislature. The legislature played a strong role in the management of the judiciary branch until Oklahoma voters amended the constitution in 1967 with the effect of making the courts more independent of the partisan political process.
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