Michael Smith

Michael Smith

@msmith750.bsky.social

Associate professor of law at University of Oklahoma College of Law. Researching constitutional law, criminal law, and legal oddities. https://law.ou.edu/node/716

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Lawrence Solum
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Smith on Criminal Reform and Originalism’s Limits Michael L. Smith (University of Oklahoma - College of Law) has posted Criminal Reform and Originalism’s Limits…...

legaltheoryblog.comSmith on Criminal Reform and Originalism’s LimitsMichael L. Smith (University of Oklahoma - College of Law) has posted Criminal Reform and Originalism’s Limits (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the face of a harsh criminal legal system and unforgiving doctrine, some proponents of reform suggest that a turn to originalism may be warranted. Historical practices and founding-era understandings of the Constitution’s text, they argue, are inconsistent with modern treatment of those investigated, charged, and convicted.

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The Yale Law Journal
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Volume 136 of the Yale Law Journal is committed to upholding high academic-integrity standards in light of the growing use of AI in the production of legal scholarship. Read more about our AI Policy, which applies to all of Volume 136’s content, here: yalelawjournal.org/news/announc...

yalelawjournal.orgYale Law JournalFor over a century, the Yale Law Journal has been at the forefront of legal scholarship, sparking conversation and encouraging reflection among scholars and students, as well as practicing lawyers and...
Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

Furniture in my office had been moved around when I came in this morning. Either the HVAC guys were in my ceiling after hours or we have a Law School Poltergeist. I'm going to consider both options equally likely until I receive more information.

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David A. Simon
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I would love to hear from tenured law faculty on the following questions: How did you approach your scholarship after tenure? Did your approach change? How? Why?

Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

The latest Noah Feldman cell-phone video entry is a two-minute, unnaturally high-speed discussion of Justice Thomas. The video is shot in 10-second segments, though the narrative is continuous. Feldman seems to be after a "walking and talking" format, but he begins every segment at a dead stop.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

lol what is happening here

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Tobias Wilson-Bates
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The “it’s in the syllabus” paradigm is a distant utopian past. Modern syllabi are 20 pages of institutionally mandated learning objectives and resource directories with the readings and assignment sequences hidden among the dense foliage of boilerplate.

Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

My Friday lunch & learn on state constitutional and statutory right to farm provisions has been bumped from the schedule because of the law school's Free Speech Week programming.

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State Court Report
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The Oklahoma constitution requires a public vote every 20 years over whether to hold a state constitutional convention. But there hasn't been such a vote in over 50 years. The requirement is now at the center of an inter-branch conflict, writes @msmith750.bsky.social.

statecourtreport.orgOklahoma’s Governor and Legislature Spar Over Calling Constitutional ConventionState lawmakers long neglected the requirement of putting to the public whether to hold a state constitutional convention. Recently, the governor proclaimed he can force the question.
Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

Got the water bill after I had to refill the whole damn pool after it sprang a leak and drained itself in less than a week. Outlaw these things!!

Michael Smith@msmith750.bsky.social

Discovering that I can spend most of the day writing about originalism and right when I'm about to throw my computer through the window I can go outside for a swim. Perhaps my earlier post was a bit hasty.

Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

It got quiet in the room just before a faculty meeting began this afternoon and I think most (all?) of my colleagues overheard the end of a conversation when I mentioned that I want to write an article where every cite begins with "but see."

Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

Law reviews are opening!

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Arizona State University Corporate and Business Law Journal is now open and accepting submissions on Scholastica! Submit your article here: https://asu-corporate-and-business-law.scholasticahq.com/for-authors #LRSubmissions

Michael Smith
@msmith750.bsky.social

There should be a rare, happy German word for listening to a mediocre album that you bought for pennies and stumbling across a song that's way too good to be on it.

Michael Smith
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Do any of Bryan Garner's dozen or so treatises say anything about avoiding clichéd writing, because Jesus Christ. www.abajournal.com/columns/arti...

abajournal.comWhat are some good prompts when using AI for legal writing? Bryan Garner has some thoughtsBret Stephens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, recently pleaded with readers: “Never Write With A.I.” His argument isn’t frivolous. Writing makes thought clearer, more rigorous and more accountable. Surrender too much of the writing, and you’ll surrender some of the thinking with it. But lawyers should think about the technology differently.