Abstract
On January 21, 1965, Representative G. T. Blankenship electrified the Oklahoma House of Representatives by reading a confession that blew the cover off nefarious doings on the state’s highest court. Suspicions of bribery and extortion among Supreme Court justices had been circulating for years. But now, to the everlasting shame of the Oklahoma judiciary, the sleaze was in the open. Former U.S. District Judge Ralph Thompson was a launching his private practice when the scandal erupted. As he explained in a 2019 oral history interview, realizing the extent to which money could buy favorable decisions “was a dagger to the heart of us young lawyers. We committed ourselves to working for judicial reform, to establish, by constitutional amendment, a system that would help prevent that ever happening again.” Lee Card, a former Associate District Judge in Carter County, Oklahoma, holds a doctorate in history. Combining the legal acumen of a...
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