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Liberate Oklahoma from Public Sector Union Domination

Liberate Oklahoma from Public Sector Union Domination

by Benjamin Lepak | Nov 23, 2020 | Research

Liberate Oklahoma from Public Sector Union Domination Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper explains how allowing public sector employees to collectively bargain undermines the people’s sovereignty in a representative government. It also proposes legislation to...
Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Oklahoma v. Johnson&Johnson

Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Oklahoma v. Johnson&Johnson

by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 26, 2020 | Legal

Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma in the Case of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson Authors Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper is an amicus (or friend of the court) brief urging the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reverse the decision of a trial court that...
Stopping a Judicial Power Grab Before it Upends Oklahoma

Stopping a Judicial Power Grab Before it Upends Oklahoma

by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog

A case is pending at the Oklahoma Supreme Court that will have lasting consequences for governance of the state. You wouldn’t know it from the way the case has been reported, but at stake is a principle no less fundamental than whether Oklahomans will continue to be...
Stopping a Judicial Power Grab Before it Upends Oklahoma

Time to Liberate Legal Education from the ABA’s Systemic Ideological Corruption

by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog

The deans of 150 law schools, including all three in Oklahoma, have written a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) asking the organization to require “every law school provide training and education around bias, cultural competence, and anti-racism.” These...
Stopping a Judicial Power Grab Before it Upends Oklahoma

Lease the Turnpikes to Transform Oklahoma’s Road Infrastructure

by Benjamin Lepak | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog

Oklahoma can make a game-changing improvement in the quality of its roads, highways, and other transportation infrastructure, and in short order. Here’s how. Back in January, I proposed monetizing large state-owned assets and using the proceeds to fund long-term...
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