Without Principled Originalism, Judges Become Lawgivers

Without Principled Originalism, Judges Become Lawgivers

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...
Without Principled Originalism, Judges Become Lawgivers

OK Supreme Court’s Outstanding Opioid Opinion

“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...