by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog
Do you ever find yourself observing a seemingly illogical government program, spending decision, or other strange practice and ask “how is it that no one has fixed that?” If you are like me, you encounter this phenomenon regularly. This often takes the form of a...
by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
As Sooner fans head south for the OU-Texas game next week, they will encounter a phenomenon most of us are familiar with: as you cruise across the Red River suddenly the road gets noticeably smoother. The painted lane stripes get a little brighter and the roadside...
by Benjamin Lepak | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
Oklahoma’s Attorney General and trial courts appear to now be in the business of taxing industries and appropriating funds to state agencies. These are powers that the Oklahoma Constitution explicitly grants to the legislature. They are certainly not given to the...
by Benjamin Lepak | Sep 4, 2019 | Research
Legislators in Black Robes: Unelected Lawmaking by the Oklahoma Supreme Court Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper criticizes the Oklahoma Supreme Court for arbitrary rulings that are designed to obtain policy outcomes desired by the Court rather than...
by Benjamin Lepak | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog
When the nine lawyers on the Oklahoma Supreme Court meet to hear a case, no legislation is safe. That’s because the justices on the Supreme Court regularly act as though they are lawmakers instead of judges. My most recent paper, Legislators in Black Robes:...
