Oklahoma

Oklahoma Supreme Court Dashes Hope Of Justice For Tulsa Massacre Survivors

‘A legal system only begins by foreclosing the past... Only wrongs within the system can be made right.’ - Anthony P. Farley

Turns Out A Penchant For Revenge Is Not Something You Want In A Lawyer

That whole 'character and fitness' thing will get ya!

Judge Who Texted Wild Commentary During Murder Trial Resigns From Bench

She didn't really have the right temperament for the judiciary.

Little Late For Manners And Bad Memory, Judge

Someone check to see if 'spraying bullets' is a side effect of judicial allergy medicine.

The Supreme Court Has Stayed The Execution Of Richard Glossip. Let’s Use That Time To Think.

He still has two cases pending.

Despite Two Constitutional Violations During Trial, A Man Was Sentenced To Die. Will The Supreme Court Act?

Is it really that difficult to only put people to death when you have actual proof that they did the thing?

Burning Down The House: Teachers Willing To Hurt Kids Over Enforcing ‘Anti-CRT’ Laws

It is almost like this anti-CRT stuff was never about children's well-being and was just a proxy for censorship this whole time.

Morning Docket: 08.03.22

* Affirmative action as a 1st Amendment issue? Let's see how this goes over. [Wa Po] * Yale Law decides to be #1 when it comes to helping students that could use some financial aid. [ABC News] * Wait, are they actually considering fetuses people for tax purposes? Gotta give it to Georgia! [Huff Po] * Georgia's heartbeat law also has some new implications for wrongful death suits. [11 Alive] * An Oklahoma school gets docked after a teacher reported it for having their colleagues sit through staff training on implicit bias. I expected the childishness to come from the kids. [Ed Week]

Morning Docket: 06.27.22

* Stand firm: The People want to know where Biglaw firms stand on the overturning of ,em>Roe. [Reuters] * Agency as tragedy: Governor defends Oklahoma's lack of a rape or incest exception to abortion bans. [CBS News] * Florida law lets cops harass you for playing music too loud. Talk about the right to remain silent. [Palm Beach Post] * Biden signed off on a bill that makes it harder for convicted domestic abusers to buy guns. [Reuters] * Oklahoma's gun deaths jumped soon after constitutional carry became a thing. With Bruen now law, you may want to work from home. [Oklahoman]

Could Overturning Roe Change This State’s Motto?

Corporations are willing to relocate based on medical service access? Maybe they actually are people.

Morning Docket: 05.26.22

* Back the children: The number of children that have been shot to death at school is higher than the amount of officers that have been killed in the line of duty. [AS] * Oklahoma just banned abortion at fertilization. We're like two steps off criminalizing miscarriages at this point, aren't we? [CNN] * NY judge maintains law that allows gun manufacturers to be sued if and when they endanger public safety. [CNN] * Advertisers REALLY don't like Texas's social media law. [Adweek] * If Roe is overturned, the right to choose will be set back 173 years in Wisconsin. [Madison]

Morning Docket: 05.20.22

* Justice Thomas's views on which companies are common carriers could be key to compelling hate speech. [Ars Technica] * Mississippi just strengthened its animal rights laws. Gotta look out for our buddies. [Action News] * NY's Supreme Court rules cops can't use chokeholds again. Not sure why it was brought back in vogue but alright. [CNN] * Kamala Harris gives Oklahoma's abortion law anything but the OK. [NY Post] * Judge continues ban on a Kentucky law that would prohibit abortion. [NBC News]

Morning Docket: 05.04.22

* Oklahoma signed SB8-like bill into law quickly after the Alito leak. [NPR] * What's the limit? Are IUDs next on the chopping block? [The Guardian] * Get it off your chest: Georgia removes "free speech zone" restrictions on college campuses. [Inside Higher Ed] * UVA Law's Innocence Project has gotten over $6M in compensation for wrongly incarcerated folks. Talk about a valuable education! [Law.Virginia] * Spirit declines to take JetBlue's takeover offer. I can already hear the DOJ's antitrust division stirring. [CH-Aviation]

Still Hope For Justice

Learning history without righting wrongs is wasted time.

Morning Docket: 04.29.22

* Laws matter: life lost after school neglects to follow anti-bullying protocol. [WBEZ] * The EU's laws will be impacting American free speech, eh? Talk about long-arm statutes. [The Hill] * Oklahoma just passed their version of Texas's Roe sidestep. Over/under for them banning condoms too in two weeks? [CNN] * Marjorie Taylor Greene is maintaining the Shaggy defense for her Section 3 trial. [NBC News] * People are upset that the Texas bill disincentivizing the use of clean energy isn't enough to keep them using fossil fuels. Sorry, not sorry. [NPR]