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:...
by Mike Davis | Mar 6, 2019 | Legal, Research
Well Begun is (Only) Half Done: The Supreme Court’s Excessive Fines Decision; Need for Further Reform Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper summarizes the recent federal Timbs case out of Indiana in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Eighth Amendment’s...
by Benjamin Lepak | Feb 6, 2019 | Research
The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Unchecked Abuse of Power in Attorney Regulation Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper indicts all three branches of government in Oklahoma, but especially the state’s Supreme Court, for violating basic principles of American liberty...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jan 2, 2019 | Legal
Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Fleck v. Wetch Author Benjamin Lepak Abstract This paper is an amicus (or friend of the court) brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case of a North Dakota attorney who has been forced...
by Mike Davis | Dec 19, 2018 | Research
Locksmith Licensure in Oklahoma Author Mike Davis Abstract This paper summarizes Oklahoma’s locksmith licensing law and evaluates whether there is any public interest justification for it. None is found. In fact, of the 10 states that license locksmith’s,...
