by Mike Davis | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog
Several months ago, we criticized the multicounty grand jury for wading into public policy rather than sticking to its mission: determining if there are grounds to prosecute someone for a crime. The multicounty grand jury, empaneled in March of 2020, produced a...
by Mike Davis | Oct 6, 2021 | Legal, Research
Making Government Work: A Proposed Amendment to State Constitutions Author Mike Davis Abstract This model amendment would institute requirements for mission statements and measurable goals for state agencies as a remedy to the current size and complexity of the...
by Mike Davis | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog
In a recent 1889 Institute blog, one of my colleagues discussed one suggested cure for occupational licensing: universal recognition. Its shortcomings became obvious with a bit of thought: it only helps some consumers (those close enough to the state border to be...
by Mike Davis | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog
Conservatives have been disappointed by several recent Supreme Court rulings. From declaring half of Oklahoma a tribal reservation to a strained interpretation that conflates sexual orientation and gender identity with one’s sex for purposes of Title VII of the Civil...
by Mike Davis | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog
Who runs Oklahoma’s state universities? Remember that state university means state-funded, which really means taxpayer-funded. So how much input do taxpayers have on the direction of our institutions of higher education? Turns out, very little. At the national level,...
