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OKWU's Piper: Personhood is more than proclivities

As many conservatives attempted to explain to their libertarian-leaning friends, the push for "gay marriage" was never about liberty; it's about coercion -- forcing Americans, under penalty of law, to treat same-sex pseudogamy as the equivalent of natural marriage. Five black-robed tyrants have imposed their religious views of human sexuality...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 23, 2015 12:24 AM

YES on SQ 755: A closer look

NOTE: This is what I get for writing at 2 a.m.; I wrote no when I meant YES -- as in vote YES on SQ 755. Thanks to the observant reader who caught it. Oklahoma State Question 755 is another fine example of a proposed constitutional amendment that Ayatollah General...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 29, 2010 12:13 AM

Wisty for justice

Why not E. L. Wisty? He has just as much experience at the judgin' as Elena Kagan has, even if he doesn't have the Latin for it. His uncontrollable whoopin' might be a problem during confirmation hearings but shouldn't interfere with the court's proceedings. "The trouble with bein' a miner:...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 28, 2010 11:14 PM

Morris Udall's Congressional Reports

I was "chasing a rabbit," looking for info on how Oklahoma apportioned seats in the State Legislature among counties prior to a 1964 Federal court mandate (which to this day overrules the text of our State Constitution). What I found was a set of newsletters on the University of Arizona...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 16, 2009 11:00 PM

Sotomayor hearings from a pro-life perspective

If you follow BatesLine on Twitter (and you should), you'll have seen my tweet yesterday about Americans United for Life live-blogging the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. AUL has a legal focus, researching state and federal legislation, court cases, and court nominations that affect issues...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 14, 2009 6:05 AM