No. 19-5942

Wade Lay v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-due-process brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-principles due-process federal-intervention federalism judicial-review standing state-governance substantive-due-process takings
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. HAS SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS, AS A JUDICIAL DOCTRINE, WITH AMELIORATING STATUTES OVER TIME, SO ALTERED THE VITAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM, EMPOWERING THE STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM THEIR PROPER DECENCY?

II. THE INSTRUMENT, CREATE A SYSTEM AS THAT ARTICULATED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON OR IS: "OBSTACLES TO USURPATION AND THE FACILITIES OF RESISTANCE, AGAINST ALL OF RIGHTS, SO DISTORTED THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, REMOVING THE ABILITY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENTS PRACTICALLY TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF PROTECTIVE FEDERALISM VIOLATING THE ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4 GUARANTEE TO A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AS DEFINED BY JAMES MADISON IN FEDERALIST #39.

III. HAS SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS EMPOWERED FEDERAL JUDGES TO A DEGREE, INFLUENCING BUREAUCRATIC OFFICERS (STATE AND FEDERAL), IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE LORDS AND NOBLES OF THE EUROPEAN MONARCHS, DISTORTING THEIR LOYALTY FROM THE RULE OF LAW, TO CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE JUDICATURE, OR PRINCE.

IV. SHOULD THE CERTIORARI POOL, CONTROLLED BY THE CLERKS OF THIS U.S. SUP. CT. BE REORGANIZED, TO PREVENT THE TYPE OF PREJUDICE AND CENSORSHIP

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether substantive due process as a legal doctrine has been so altered over time that it has distorted the principles of our political system, undermining the integrity of law and resulting in arbitrary and capricious government actions

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-01-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)
2018-10-18
Application (18A404) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 28, 2019.
2018-10-12
Application (18A404) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 27, 2018 to January 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Wade Lay
Wade Lay — Petitioner