by Mike Davis | Dec 20, 2021 | Blog
Recently there have been calls in conservative quarters to move away from a commitment to originalism in constitutional interpretation. Often these missives do not call for a total abandonment of originalism, merely for relegating it to one tool of many. Whether these...
by Mike Davis | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog
Being an attorney, even one who doesn’t actively practice, requires thick skin. It’s best to embrace the litany of lawyer jokes, like this one. Why don’t sharks eat lawyers? Professional courtesy. The jokes may be innocuous, but they come from an authentic...
by Mike Davis | Nov 17, 2021 | Legal, Research
Attorney Licensing in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper evaluates Oklahoma’s attorney licensing requirements and concludes that the public interest justification is not sufficient to necessitate such licensing, nor does licensing mitigate the risks...
by Mike Davis | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog
“This court has not extended the public nuisance statute to the manufacturing, marketing, and selling of products, and we reject the State’s invitation to expand Oklahoma’s public nuisance law.” — Oklahoma Supreme Court, State v Johnson & Johnson The Oklahoma...
by Mike Davis | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
Imagine a household that never takes out their trash. They shop carefully, only buying things they reasonably expect to make good use of. So, they think that since they only bring good things into the house, they should never need to take anything out of it. The...
