In minimum wage case, Oklahoma Supreme Court defies judicial norms
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative-petition effort may proceed that would link Oklahoma’s minimum wage to the cost of living in places like San Francisco.
That contradicts one of the court’s prior rulings. That alone is not shocking since courts often overturn earlier rulings.
But in this case, the Oklahoma Supreme Court majority refused to explain with a written opinion why justices reversed course, defying judicial norms in ways some warn create vast legal uncertainty in Oklahoma.