Associate Professor at University of Oklahoma College of Law. Researching constitutional law, state constitutions, criminal law, and legal oddities.

Joined October 2013
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Never forget Tom McGovern dropping this absolute fucking banger that gets stuck in my head every time I’m in a major city
You Can Eat Anything (by tommcgovern27 on IG)
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Congratulations to @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @msmith750 for having his coauthored article “CertiorarAI” (with Alexandra Klein) accepted for publication by the Washburn Law Journal! The latest draft is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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New paper of mine dropping this week on the use of generative AI in Supreme Court petitions. I find more than 20% of petitions for certiorari filed in 2025-26 with nontrivial AI use.
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This week, @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @StaceyTovino gave a CLE for the ABA Section on State, Local, and Tribal Government Law on "Government Use of Health Data: HIPAA, Oversight, and Responsible Data Governance.” Check out the description here: learningcenter.americanbar.o…
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Congratulations to @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @msmith750 for placing his essay, "The Absence of Original Meaning in Second Amendment Cases,” with the Quinnipiac Law Review! It is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Congratulations to @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @msmith750, whose article “Stravinsky’s National Anthem” (coauthored with Yoo Jung Chang) was recently accepted for publication in the Pepperdine Law Review! Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Not going to engage at any length with the weekend's discourse on AI and legal scholarship. It's all a ploy to distract me from figuring out The Truth about who has the power to call a constitutional convention under Article 24, Section Two of the Oklahoma Constitution.
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Congratulations to @UofOklahomaLaw Professor @msmith750, whose article “A Holistic Approach to State Constitutional Punishment Provisions” will be published in Volume 55 of the Hofstra Law Review! Check it out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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I recommend this article by @mmblaszczyk on the law teaching market, if you’re interested in a career in legal academia. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Incredible commercial that just randomly made its way onto my YouTube feed
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When I encounter an unexpected task at the beginning of my day:
転蝦蟇(てんがま)
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転蝦蟇(てんがま)
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ビバになって〜 ほらニヒルに笑って〜
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蛙突猛進
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I would love to see what a post-literate Harvard is like. Maybe smart kids who can’t read will invent some kind of new shape
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2 year anniversary of this comic
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Fourth of July! National Anthem! Check it out! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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