In National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation v. Shellem, (WD OK, Sept. 24, 2026), an Oklahoma federal district court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Oklahoma from enforcing a provision in its Charter Schools Act that requires a
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Justice Sotomayor warns about decline in civics, growth of AI
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor listens to a question from Northern District of Oklahoma Judge Sara Hill during a fireside chat at the Tulsa campus for the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via
Tribal Courts in Action: Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court Requires the Same Jury System for All Defendants
Building Tribal Justice: The Physical Infrastructure of Tribal Sovereignty
For decades, the Supreme Court has treated Tribal jurisdiction as a problem requiring limitation rather than governmental authority requiring respect.
The Tribal Justice construction projects below make visible something federal Indian law too often obscures: Tribal Nations are governments administering
Tenth Circuit Finds No Reversible Error in Prosecutor Saying That the Defendant’s Case Was a “Stupid Story”
In United States v. Davis, 15 F.3d 1393, 1402–03 (7th Cir.1994), found that the prosecutor’s references to the defendant’s case as “hogwash,” “trash,” and “garbage” did not deprive the defendant of a fair trial. Would the same hold for
Oklahoma judge used AI on order that cited cases that don’t exist
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- Judge Lawrence Wheeler admitted AI use in court order
- Order cited two cases that do not exist
- Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation conducted inquiry
- Attorney general declined criminal prosecution recommendation
A southwestern Oklahoma judge
Legal Tech Finds – August 2026
Last month I did a post called July 2026 Legal Tech Recap highlighting items I found of interest relating to legal technology. So of course, with the second edition, I decided on a rebrand, as you note in the subject
Walker on "Not a Particle of Choctaw Blood": Samuel Caldwell's Four Citizenship Trials, 1896-1904
Lance Walker, Walker Law; University of Oklahoma College of Law, has published “Not a Particle of Choctaw Blood”: Samuel Caldwell’s Four Citizenship Trials, 1896-1904. Here is the abstract.
This Article recovers a case that has not been examined in
Walker on a Choctaw Citizenship Citizenship Case
Lance Walker, an oil-and-gas attorney in Oklahoma City, has posted “Not a Particle of Choctaw Blood”: Samuel Caldwell’s Four Citizenship Trials, 1896-1904:This Article recovers a case that has not been examined in the scholarly literature since the tribunal
