by Byron Schlomach | Jun 24, 2020 | Blog
So we vote next week on whether or not to expand Medicaid according to Obamacare’s provisions. A vote “Yes” on State Question 802 would expand Medicaid to able-bodied adults above the poverty line. A vote “No” would keep the status quo, with taxpayers buying health...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jun 22, 2020 | Blog
The Oklahoma Bar Association has gone half way towards respecting its members’ First Amendment rights. It should go the rest of the way. Lawyers in Oklahoma are forced to join and pay dues to the OBA in order to keep their license to practice law. The OBA uses that...
by Luke Tucker | Jun 17, 2020 | Research
Recreation Therapy Licensure in Oklahoma Author Luke Tucker Abstract Luke Tucker points out that Oklahoma is one of only four states that licenses recreation therapy. A four year degree is require for licensure, a degree available at only one Oklahoma...
by Luke Tucker | Jun 17, 2020 | Blog
Oklahoma’s got a bad occupational licensing problem, worse than other states. We don’t just regulate too many occupations (almost as many as Kansas and Missouri combined), we also overregulate; our licensing laws are the 11th most burdensome nationwide. What concerns...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog
A consistent feature of racists through history is that they have fully understood the power of education, or the lack of education, as a tool of oppression. Extraordinary efforts were taken to keep black slaves illiterate, including killing those who deigned to learn...
by Mike Davis | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
I’d like to take this opportunity to invite anyone from Minnesota, especially those from Minneapolis, to come to Oklahoma. Here’s the thing: you’d better come fast. Once your police force is dismantled, and unless it is immediately replaced by another suitable...
by Spencer Cadavero | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
The United States has a policing problem. The protests over the death of George Floyd are proof of that. Perhaps qualified immunity, the judicial doctrine that usually prevents police officers acting in the line of duty from being held accountable in court,...
by Byron Schlomach | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
No one with a brain can look at the video of the Minneapolis cops putting their weight on George Floyd’s entire body, including a knee to his neck, and see his resulting death as anything but murder. The first autopsy cited pre-existing health conditions as a...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog
I live close to a large City of Tulsa park that has a golf course, walking trail, green spaces, and a couple of playgrounds. My (almost) three-year old son loves the playgrounds, and often begs us during walks in our neighborhood to detour to “for-chun” (LaFortune...
by Benjamin Lepak | May 27, 2020 | Blog
In response to COVID-19, the mayors of Oklahoma’s three largest cities subjected their citizens to draconian shelter in place orders, restricting their freedom, damaging them financially, and undermining their constitutional rights. The mayoral decrees were more...
