{"id":4164,"date":"2004-05-01T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2004-05-01T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:09:28","slug":"oklahoma-polygraph-law-ruled-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2004\/05\/01\/oklahoma-polygraph-law-ruled-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma: &#8220;Polygraph Law Ruled Unconstitutional&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short news article from NewsOK.com is cited here in full: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A law requiring people to be U.S. citizens before they can be licensed to give lie detector tests is unconstitutional, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in an opinion issued Friday.<\/p><p>Under the Polygraph Examiners Act, an individual applying for licensing must be a citizen of the United States.<\/p><p>Using existing case law, Edmondson and Assistant Attorney General Joann Stevenson concluded that the law is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p><p>Polygraph examiners do not occupy important nonelective positions where they directly affect public policy, Stevenson said in the opinion.<\/p><p>Other states have come to similar conclusions when considering citizenship requirements for notary publics, according to the opinion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short news article from NewsOK.com is cited here in full: A law requiring people to be U.S. citizens before they can be licensed to give lie detector tests is unconstitutional, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in an opinion issued Friday. 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