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An Argument that Oklahoma’s Mayors Acted Unlawfully During COVID -19

by Benjamin Lepak | May 27, 2020 | Legal, Research

An Argument that Oklahoma’s Mayors Acted Unlawfully During COVID -19 Author Benjamin Lepak   Abstract Ben Lepak lays out a legal argument for why the mayors of Oklahoma’s three largest cities acted unlawfully, exceeding their legal authority under state...

A Legal Primer on Oklahoma’s Communicable Disease, Quarantine, and Isolation Laws

by Mike Davis | Apr 7, 2020 | Brief, Legal, Research

Author Mike R. Davis Abstract Mike Davis analyzes Oklahoma’s emergency powers statutes to determine whether the governor or a mayor has the authority to order businesses to close during an epidemic. Full text PDF Full Text HTML A Legal Primer on Oklahoma’s...

Breaking the ABA’s Law School Cartel: A Proposal to Make Oklahoma Top-Ten in Innovative Lawyer Education

by Benjamin Lepak | Mar 25, 2020 | Brief, Legal, Research

Author Benjamin M. Lepak Abstract Ben Lepak argues that Oklahoma should drop the requirement that one must have attended an ABA-accredited law school in order to sit for the bar exam and that they exam should be reformed to make it more relevant to the actual practice...
Well Begun is (Only) Half Done: The Supreme Court’s Excessive Fines Decision; Need for Further Reform

Well Begun is (Only) Half Done: The Supreme Court’s Excessive Fines Decision; Need for Further Reform

by 1889Institute | Jan 22, 2020 | Brief, 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...
Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Fleck v. Wetch

Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Fleck v. Wetch

by 1889Institute | Jan 22, 2020 | 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...

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