by Benjamin Lepak | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog
The situation in Oklahoma is fluid after the Supreme Court’s consequential decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma. There are many moving parts. Independent state officials apparently have different goals and motivations, and legal uncertainty abounds. Against this background,...
by Benjamin Lepak | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog
Five lawyers in Washington, D.C. have announced that many of us have been living on Indian reservations all this time, we just didn’t know it. In response, several of our elected state leaders have made noises indicating they are in the process of giving away the...
by Mike Davis | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog
Last week SCOTUS told Montana, and by extension, the other 49 states that they can’t exclude religious schools from generally applicable school choice programs simply because they are religious. This should have been the self-evident conclusion of anyone who...
by Benjamin Lepak | May 6, 2020 | Blog
Once again, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has usurped the Legislature’s constitutional authority. This time, it has legislated new election rules, behind closed doors, on a compressed timetable, and without public input. All with an election looming in which the new...