by 1889 Institute | Nov 16, 2020 | Research
Make Social Distancing Restrictions Voluntary Authors Steve Trost Abstract This paper argues that states should form policy according to rational risk assessment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. State and local policy-makers should create a framework that...
by Brad Galbraith | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
The state of Oklahoma has California in its sights. People and businesses seeking greater opportunity are fleeing California, and justifiably so. The most humane thing for Oklahoma to do is open our borders and offer economic asylum to the oppressed refugees of the...
by Spencer Cadavero | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
The United States of America was founded on the principle of equality. This principle has guided the country throughout its history. There have been times that we have fallen short of this goal, the most obvious example being slavery. However, lately there appears to...
by Byron Schlomach | Nov 4, 2020 | Blog
At the time of this writing, it’s been a full week since there was power at my home. I live within OG&E’s electrical grid, so when it comes to being without power this past week, I’m nothing special. Many of OG&E’s customers had no power for days, and some...
by Mike Davis | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog
No person elected to any office in the executive or legislative branch of any state, county, or local government shall be eligible to run for the same office in the election immediately succeeding their elected term of office. In 1990 Oklahomans voted, by a two-to-one...
by Mike Davis | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog
As we said there in rejecting Virginia’s claim that the only way it could enable its citizens to find their self-interest was to deny them information that is neither false nor misleading: “There is… an alternative to this highly paternalistic approach....
by Byron Schlomach | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
HBO’s mini-series, Chernobyl, is a drama depicting the disastrous 1986 explosion, and heroic efforts to control the resulting meltdown, of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). A flawed man, but true hero, Valery Alexeyvich...
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...
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...
by Mike Davis | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog
How much confidence would you have in a law firm that was managed and run by legal secretaries and paralegals? Probably not a lot. Legal support staff constitute a vital part of their firms. A good paralegal can free an attorney to focus on the things only she can do....
