SQ 808 Files Challenge To SQ807 (Marijuana Petitions)

Will The ACLU  Look Like Hypocrites? 

  The Notorious Paul Tay (he just loves it when I say that) has sent a handwritten petition to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Tay is the filer of SQ808. The petition of protest was prepared without

• the aid of a lawyer,
• paying the $200 fee, or
• serving the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or the filers of SQ807 (Michelle Tilley & Ryan Kiesel).

The document is now posted on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Docket, with all the respect and propriety of any other court petition.  We don't yet know how the justices will react to this. But the clerk of the Supreme Court has honored the document, even though the photo copy shared on the state web servers is not legible.
  Today was the last day to file a challenge at the court. Paul Tay wrote is document last Monday, from his jail cell at the Tulsa County lockup. He is serving a 9 month sentence for outraging public morals (not related to his SQ808 activities)
  In the document, Tay details how the sheriff has denied him access to the jail's library. He says he is a pauper and has no means of paying the $200 for his civil petition.
  He also says his incarceration prevents him from fulfilling the duty of serving notice to the respondents.  If Paul Tay insists on appearing in person before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, will he have the right (or privilege) to do so? 

Lawyers generally agree that it's unwise to represent themselves in court, so how much more is it folly for a non-barrister to attempt the feat? But Tay admits that publicity drives part of what he does... So if that's the motivator, he will press this strategy.
​  Ryan Keisel is seen as the face of the Oklahoma ACLU. He's also the brains and passion of SQ807.  While the ACLU is proudly defending the destitute and disenfranchised, Keisel will now decide whether to use procedural tactics to deny Tay a substantive hearing, before the highest court of Oklahoma.

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